A bomb targeting Shias at a
volleyball match killed at least four persons and injured eight
at the Hussaini ground in the Kalaya area of Orakzai Agency
in FATA.

4

8

2

January 9

Chittian Hattian / Rawalpindi / Punjab

Eight persons were killed and 25 others wounded
in a bomb blast on Imambargah Aun Muhammad Rizvi at Chittian
Hattian locality of Rawalpindi city of Punjab.

8

25

3

January 16

Rawalpindi / Punjab

Three Shia men, identified as lawyer Fayyaz
Hussain Shah (40), and his two nephews Mir Ghazi Shah (20) and
Mir Hamza Shah (22) were shot dead while they were returning
home from a religious gathering in Rawalpindi District.

3

0

4

January 30

Karbala Maula Imambargah / Lakhi Dar / Shikarpur
/ Sindh

At least 61 Shias were killed and 50 others
were injured in a bomb explosion at Karbala Maula Imambargah
in Lakhi Dar area of Shikarpur District of Sindh.

61

50

5

February 1

Malir Halt / Malir Town / Karachi / Sindh

Two carders of the ASWJ, identified as Naseem
Khan (28) and Mohammed Asif (24), were killed in a sectarian
attack on the main National Highway near Malir Halt in Malir
Town.

2

0

6

February 1

Pakistan Bazaar / Orangi Town / Karachi / Sindh

A shopkeeper and a cadre of ASWJ, identified
as Akhtar Hussain (55), was shot dead while his son, Athar Hussain
(26), was injured when unidentified militants opened fire at
them at Islam Chowk near the Farooq-i-Azam mosque in Pakistan
Bazaar area of Orangi Town.

1

1

7

February 13

Phase-5 / Hayatabad / Peshawar / KP

At least 22 Shia persons were killed and another
50 were injured during a gun and bomb attack at an Imambargah
in Phase-5 locality of Hayatabad area in Peshawar, the provincial
capital of KP when suicide attackers and gunmen -dressed in
police uniform - attacked worshippers offering Friday prayers.

24

50

8

February 15

Pirwadhai More / Golra / Rawalpindi District

A local leader and 'spokesperson' of ASWJ Rawalpindi
Chapter, Maulana Mazhar Siddiqui, was killed in a targeted sectarian
attack near Pirwadhai More within the precincts of the Golra
Police Station in Rawalpindi District.

1

0

9

February 18

Kurri Road / New Shakrial / Rawalpindi / Punjab

At least four Shias were killed and six others
were injured when a suicide bomber blew himself up during evening
prayers at the mosque in Qasr-e-Sakina Imambargah located on
Kurri Road in New Shakrial area of Rawalpindi District in Punjab.

5

6

10

February 18

Ali Garden / North Nazimabad Town / Karachi
/ Sindh

Two people, including an Ismaili Shia, identified
as Karim Hashwani, and his driver, Nawaz (45), were shot dead
in a sectarian attack at Ali Garden in North Nazimabad Town
of Karachi, the provincial capital of Sindh.

2

0

11

February 19

Oghi / Mansehra / KP

Unidentified militants shot dead Jama'at Ahl-e-Sunnat
(JAS) tehsil President, Maulana Mehmood Shah, in Oghi area of
Mansehra District in a sectarian attack while he was on his
way home after leading evening prayer at Masjid Rizwia.

1

0

12

February 24

Korangi Town / Karachi / Sindh

The District President of ASWJ Molana Sahbir
Ahmed Haidri was shot dead in Korangi Town of Karachi, the provincial
capital of Sindh.

1

0

13

February 27

Orangi Town / Karachi / Sindh

Two Shia men, identified as the employees of
Qatar Hospital, Saleem Akbar and Ali Haider Rizvi, were shot
dead at Ghausia Chowk in Orangi Town of Karachi in Sindh, while
they were returning home from their duties.

2

0

14

February 27

Gulshan-e-Iqbal Town / Karachi / Sindh

A leader of ASWJ and a Peshimam (prayer leader)
of a mosque, identified as Yaseen, was killed in a sectarian
attack at Safoora Chowk next to Johar Complex in Gulshan-e-Iqbal
Town of Karachi in Sindh.

1

0

15

February 27

Hayatabad / Peshawar / KP

A Shia man, identified as Qaisar Hussain, who
was working at a pharmaceutical unit in Hayatabad Industrial
Estate was shot dead in a targeted sectarian attack in Hayatabad
area of Peshawar in KP.

1

0

16

March 4

Paracha Chowk / Sher Shah / Karachi / Sindh

Two persons, including the General Secretary
of ASWJ, identified as Dr Muhammad Fayaz, and his driver, were
killed when unidentified militants opened fire at his vehicle
near Paracha Chowk in Sher Shah locality of Karachi.

2

0

17

March 4

Korangi Town / Karachi / Sindh

A senior Shia lawyer, who was also a counsel
for several activists of the MQM, identified as Advocate Ali
Hasnain Bukhari, was shot dead by two unidentified militants
in Korangi Town of Karachi in Sindh.

1

0

18

March 20

Saleh Mosque / Saddar Town / Karachi / Sindh

Two Shia Bohras were killed and several others
were injured in a sectarian attack when an IED fixed to a motorcycle
exploded outside Shia-Bohra community's Saleh Mosque in Saddar
Town of Karachi during the Friday prayer.

2

NS

19

March 20

Bahadurabad / Gulshan Town / Karachi / Sindh

ASWJ militants killed two Shia Bohras and injured
four others in a sectarian attack in Bahadurabad area of Gulshan
Town in Karachi.

2

4

20

April 13

Gulberg Town / Karachi / Sindh

The Deputy Director of KMC, identified as Ashraf
Abbas (50) alias Ashu, was shot dead and his daughter who was
accompanying him in his car was injured in a targeted sectarian
attack in Azizabad area of Gulberg Town in Karachi of Sindh.
Ashraf was a Shia and was the trustee of Azizabad Imambargah
Sakina.

1

1

21

April 27

Satellite Town / Quetta
/ Balochistan

At least three Shia Hazaras
were shot dead in a targeted attack at local bus stop in Satellite
Town area of Quetta, the provincial capital of Balochistan.

3

0

22

May 6

Alizai / Kurram Agency / FATA

One person lost his life while three others
sustained injuries in a terrorist attack at a school ground
when a football match was going on in Alizai area of Kurram
Agency in FATA. Security Forces sprung to action and killed
one suicide bomber while another bomber blew himself up. Where
the incident happened is a Shia-dominated area.

3

2

23

May 9

Eidgah Ground / Shah Faisal Town / Karachi /
Sindh

Unidentified assailants opened fire at Shia
Police officer, DSP Syed Zulfiqar Abbas, and his friend, identified
as Shahzad, killing them on spot in a targeted sectarian attack
at a restaurant near Eidgah Ground in Shah Faisal area of Shah
Faisal Town in Karachi of Sindh.

2

0

24

May 9

Paposh Nagar / North Nazimabad Town / Karachi
/ Sindh

A Shia homoeopathic doctor, Dr Anwar Ali Abidi,
was shot dead while another person sustained injuries when unidentified
militants opened fire at his clinic in Paposh Nagar area of
North Nazimabad Town in Karachi of Sindh.

1

1

25

May 12

Kasi Road / Quetta / Balochistan

A man belonging to the Hazara community was
killed and five others, including two Policemen, were injured,
apparently in a targeted attack at Kasi Road of Quetta, the
provincial capital of the Balochistan.

1

5

26

May 13

Safora Chowrangi / Gulshan-e-Iqbal Town / Karachi
/ Sindh

At least 45 Ismaili Shias were killed and 24
others were injured when unidentified militants opened fire
on their Bus in Safora Chowrangi area near Dow Medical College
in Gulshan-e-Iqbal Town of Karachi, the provincial capital of
Sindh.

45

24

27

May 15

Pehlwan Goth / Gulistan-e-Johar / Karachi /
Sindh

A Shia SSP, Ejaz Haider, was killed in a sectarian
targeted attack on May 15 when unidentified assailants opened
fire his vehicle near Pehlwan Goth in Gulistan-e-Johar area
of Karachi in Sindh.

1

3

28

May 21

Karachi / Sindh

Three persons, including a local leader of the
ASWJ, identified as Syed Abdul Wahab (65), and his two sons,
were shot dead by unidentified armed assailants at Khyber Hotel
in Bagh-e-Malir near Malir City in Malir Town. A 'spokesman'
for ASWJ Umer Muavia termed it an act of sectarian violence.

3

0

29

May 21

Karachi / Sindh

An unidentified man was shot dead near Bab-e-Fatima
Imambargah at Liaquatabad furniture market in Liaquatabad
Town.

1

0

30

May 22

Peshawar / KP

One Shia man, identified as Ali Murtaza, was
killed and two others were injured when unidentified assailants
opened fire at a vehicle in Hayatabad area of Peshawar. One
of the injured was his father Wali Ahmad Jan and the other his
brother Awais.

1

2

31

May 25

Quetta / Balochistan

At least three Hazara Shias were killed and
nine others were injured when unidentified militants opened
fire at two separate buildings on M.A. Jinnah Road in Quetta.

3

9

32

May 25

Quetta / Balochistan

A local trader, identified as Anwar Ali Hazara,
was shot dead by unidentified militants on Fatima Jinnah Road
in Quetta. Following the attack, members of the Hazara community
staged a protest against the killing.

1

0

33

May 27

Quetta / Balochistan

Two Shia Hazaras, identified as Mohammad Arif
and Mohammad Hussain, were shot dead, while another, Mohammad
Essa, was injured, when unidentified militants opened fire at
their cloth shop in a shopping plaza in MeCongi road area in
Quetta. No outfit claimed responsibility for the attack.

2

1

34

June 7

Quetta / Balochistan

At least five Hazara Shias were killed when
unidentified armed assailants opened fire at them in Bacha Khan
Chowk area Quetta.

5

0

35

June 9

Shah Latif Town / Karachi / Sindh

A Shia DSP Majeed Abbasi was killed when militants
belonging to Swat Chapter of TTP opened fire at his vehicle
in Shah Latif Town of Karachi in Sindh.

1

0

36

July 6

Joint Road / Quetta / Balochistan

Three Hazara Shia, including a Policeman among
them, were killed while another woman inured in a suspected
sectarian attack when unidentified assailants opened fire outside
the passport office on the Joint Road area of Quetta, the provincial
capital of Balochistan.

3

1

37

July 25

Marton Quarters / PIB Colony / Gulshan-e-Iqbal
Town / Karachi / Sindh

An Imambargah trustee, identified as Syed Rais
Jafferi (57), was shot dead while he was on his way to Central
Prison to attend a court hearing near Marton Quarters in PIB
Colony of Gulshan-e-Iqbal Town in Karachi, the provincial capital
of Sindh.

1

0

Total*

202

193

*Data till July 27,
2015

Year 2014

Month

Incidents

Killed

Injured

January

17

63

138

February

9

16

12

March

1

1

2

April

8

21

40

May

12

15

14

June

5

34

52

July

7

14

0

August

7

11

11

September

10

11

1

October

4

11

8

November

7

9

30

December

4

2

4

TOTAL

91

208

312

Sectarian Violence in Pakistan
2014

S.N.

Date

Place / District

Incidents

killed

Injured

1

January 1

Quetta / Balochistan

At least three people were
killed and 30 injured in a suicide attack targeting Shia
pilgrims in Akhtarabad area of the provincial capital Quetta.

4

30

2

January 3

Islamabad

Two ASWJ cadres, including
Secretary General Mufti Muneer Muavia and his colleague
Qari Asad Mehmood were killed in an attack in Islamabad.

2

0

3

January 4

Karachi / Sindh

At least three Shia men
were killed and four others were injured in an incident
of firing by armed assailants Maskan Chowrangi in Gulshan-e-Iqbal
area of Karachi.

3

4

4

January 4

Karachi / Sindh

Two seminary students, identified
as Abid Mavia (25) and Sajid Mavia (28), were shot dead
by unidentified assailants on Rashid Minhas Road within
the jurisdiction of Jauharabad Police Station.

2

0

5

January 5

Karachi / Sindh

A prayer leader of Masjid-e-Khizrul
Islam was shot dead by unidentified assailants in Baldia
Town.

1

0

6

January 5

Rajanpur / Punjab

The President of the MWM
Rajanpur District, identified as Doctor Azhar Hussain (59),
was shot dead by unidentified armed assailants in a sectarian
attack at his residence in the District. Hussain was a doctor
by profession.

1

0

7

January 6

Hangu / KP

A teenage boy, identified
as Aitazaz Hassan (14), was killed when a suicide bomber
blew himself up outside a Government school Ibrahimzai area
of Hangu District.

2

0

8

January 7

Karachi / Sindh

At least six dead bodies
were found near the Sufi shrine of shrine of Ayub Shah Bukhari
in Gulshan-e-Maymar area of Gadap Town.

6

0

9

January 8

Rawalpindi / Punjab

A College Professor and
a Shia religious leader, identified as Nazir Hussain Imrani,
was shot at and critically injured by unidentified assailants
in a targeted sectarian attack in Dhoke Kashmirian area
of Rawalpindi District.

0

1

10

January 10

Karachi / Sindh

Three people, including
prayer leader Maulana Iqrar and two students of the seminary,
identified as Salahuddin (16), and Naseer (17), were injured
in a bomb blast at the rooftop of Jannat Masjid in Gulshan-e-Ghazi
area of Al-Falah Society in Malir Town.

0

3

11

January 16

Pajaggi Road / Peshawar
/ KP

At least ten people were
killed and more than 60 others were injured in the evening
when a bomb exploded at a Tablighi Markaz on Pajaggi Road
in Peshawar.

10

60

12

January 18

Noori Gate / Sargodha /
Punjab

Three persons were killed
when unidentified assailants opened fire on a car carrying
ASWJ leader at Noori Gate in Sargodha area of same District
in Punjab.

3

0

13

January 20

Kissa Khwani / Peshawar
/ KP

Unidentified assailants
killed a Shia Muslim scholar Allama Alim Al-Musvi who was
walking to the mosque in Kissa Khwani market of Peshawar
in KP.

1

0

14

January 21

Khusak / Kanak / Mastung
/ Balochistan

At least 24 Shia pilgrims
returning from Iran were killed and 40 others were injured
in a bomb attack targeting their bus in the Khusak area
of Kanak in Mastung District of Balochistan.

24

40

15

January 29

Khanpur area / Rahim Yar
Khan / Punjab

Shia leader and a member
of the Jamia Ali Akbar Trust, identified as Ghulam Mustafa,
was shot dead by unidentified militants near his house in
the Khanpur area of Rahim Yar Khan District.

1

0

16

January 30

Ajmer Nagri / North Karachi
/ Karachi / Sindh

Caretaker, identified as
Akbar Hussain (30) of an Imambargah, was shot dead when
unidentified militants opened fire at him in Ajmer Nagri
area of North Karachi in New Karachi Town of Karachi in
Sindh.

1

0

17

January 31

Orangi Town-12 / Karachi
/ Sindh

Assailants also killed Maulana
Akbar Hussain, a prayer leader, in the Manghopir area, and
Ikram, a rickshaw driver, near in Orangi Town-12 of Karachi
in Sindh.

2

0

18

February 4

Donga Gali / Kohati / Peshawar
/ KP

Unidentified militants shot
dead the Provincial President of a Shia organization, Tehreek-Nifaz-e-Fiqah
Jafria (TNFJ-Mousavi Group), Syed Asghar Ali Shah (75),
in a targeted attack in the Donga Gali near Kohati locality
in Peshawar of KP.

1

0

19

February 5

Landhi / Landhi Town / Karachi
/ Sindh

ASWJ President of District
Malir Mohyuddin Shah was injured in a firing incident in
the Landhi area of Landhi Town in Karachi.

0

1

20

February 9

Saeedabad / Baldia Town
/ Karachi / Sindh

At least nine people, including
an infant, were killed and 10 others were injured when unidentified
militants opened fire on a shrine of Meharban Ali Shah alias
Jalali Baba in Saeedabad area of Baldia Town in Karachi.

9

10

21

February 9

Raees Amrohi Colony / Orangi
Town / Karachi / Sindh

A prayer leader, identified
as Nadeem Qadri (38), was shot dead in a targeted attack
while he was returning after evening prayer at a mosque
in Raees Amrohi Colony in Orangi Town.

1

0

22

February 15

Kuchi bazaar / Peshawar
/ KP

Unidentified persons attacked
an Imambargah in Kuchi bazaar area of old Peshawar city
with a hand grenade, damaging the place.

Two persons, including the
administrator of a seminary Qari Ali Hassan and his son
were shot dead outside a seminary located at Abul Hassan
Isphahani Road in Gulshan-e-Iqbal Town of Karachi in Sindh.

2

0

25

February 27

North Nazimabad Town / Karachi
/ Sindh

A Shia scholar, identified
as Allama Taqi Hadi Naqvi, was shot dead in an incident
of target killing near board office located in North Nazimabad
Town of Karachi in Sindh.

1

0

26

February 28

Petal Wali Gali / Rizvia
PS / Liaquatabad Town / Karachi / Sindh

In a sectarian attack, a
salesman, identified as Manzar Ahmed (55), working at a
sanitary shop was killed while another salesman Imran was
wounded within the limits of Rizvia Police Station in Petal
Wali Gali in Liaquatabad Town of Karachi in Sindh.

1

1

27

March 10

Zia mosque / Sharkial /
Islamabad

The Information Secretary
of the ASWJ Rawalpindi Chapter, Mohammad Sohail Muavia,
was killed and two of his companions, identified as Ammanullah
and Nasir, were injured when unidentified militants opened
fire at the car of Mufti Tanveer, Rawalpindi President of
ASWJ, near Zia mosque in Sharkial area of Islamabad.

1

2

28

April 1

Gulshan-e-Iqbal / Gulshan-e-Iqbal
Town / Karachi / Sindh

A seminary student, identified
as Muhammad Ahsan (25), was shot dead and another student,
identified as Saad (24), was injured when two unidentified
armed assailants wearing surgical masks opened fire on them
in Gulshan-e-Iqbal area of Gulshan-e-Iqbal Town in Karachi.

1

1

29

April 9

Gulistan-e-Jauhar / Gulshan-e-Iqbal
Town / Karachi / Sindh

A Shia doctor, identified
as Haider Raza, was shot dead while another man accompanying
him was injured when unidentified militants opened fire
at his car in front of Darul Sehat Hospital in Gulistan-e-Jauhar
area of Gulshan-e-Iqbal Town in Karachi.

1

1

30

April 9

Gulistan-e-Jauhar / Gulshan-e-Iqbal
Town / Karachi / Sindh

Unidentified militants killed
three unidentified students of an Islamic seminary near
Continental Bakery in Gulistan-e-Jauhar area of Gulshan-e-Iqbal
Town in Karachi of Sindh.

3

0

31

April 11

Martin Quarters / Martin
Road / Jamshed Town / Karachi / Sindh

A Shia lawyer, identified
as Advocate Syed Ghulam Haider (52), was shot dead in Martin
Quarters on Martin Road in Jamshed Town of Karachi.

1

0

32

April 12

Sariab Road / Quetta / Balochistan

Two bus passengers belonging
to Shia Hazara community were killed in an incident of target
killing on Sariab Road in Quetta of Balochistan.

2

0

33

April 18

Sakhi Hasan Chowrangi /
North Nazimabad Town / Karachi / Sindh

At least three seminary
students were shot dead at Sakhi Hasan Chowrangi in North
Nazimabad Town of Karachi in Sindh.

3

0

34

April 25

Chaudhry Khalique-uz-Zaman
Road / Gizri / Karachi / Sindh

A bomb explosion took place
on the Chaudhry Khalique-uz-Zaman Road in Gizri area of
Karachi, the provincial capital of Sindh, leaving six persons,
including a woman, dead and 30 others injured.

6

30

35

April 28

Frontier Colony / Orangi
Town / Karachi / Sindh

Three seminary students
were killed and nine others were injured in a hand grenade
attack that occurred inside the Jamia Masjid-wa-Madrassa
Islamia Tahiria seminary located in Frontier Colony of Orangi
Town in Karachi of Sindh.

4

8

36

May 12

North Karachi Town / Karachi
/ Sindh

Two Shia workers of the
MQM, identified as Gauhar Ali Abidi and Syed Rizwan, were
shot dead in North Karachi Town of Karachi in Sindh.

2

0

37

May 12

Karasaz Market / Shara-e-Faisal
/ Shah Faisal Town / Karachi / Sindh

A Shia Pakistan Navy officer,
identified as Ghulam Akbar, was shot dead near Karasaz Market
in Shara-e-Faisal area of Shah Faisal Town in Karachi of
Sindh.

1

0

38

May 13

Bafa / Mansehra / KP

Unidentified militants blew
up a Shia mosque in an Imambargah (Shia place of commemoration)
of Hazrat Ali in Bafa village of Mansehra District.

0

0

39

May 13

City Police Station area
/ Hyderabad / Sindh

A Police constable was killed
and 13 others, including ASI Adam Ali Khushak sustained
injuries in a sectarian clash between two groups within
the limits of City Police Station in Hyderabad District.

Two Shia men, identified
as Shaukat Sherazi (45) and Qaiser Hussain (50) were killed
when unknown armed assailants opened fire on them at Mithadar
near Sherazia Imambargah in Saddar Town of Karachi in Sindh.

2

0

42

May 19

Dakkhana / Liaquatabad Town
/ Karachi / Sindh

A Shia man, identified as
Mohsin Agha (50), was shot dead by unidentified armed assailants
near Dakkhana bus stop in Liaquatabad Town of Karachi in
Sindh.

1

0

43

May 20

Hasan Noman Colony / Sohrab
Goth / Gadap Town / Karachi / Sindh

Two persons, identified
as Mohammad Ali (35), and Aleemuddin (38), were shot dead
in a sectarian attack in Hasan Noman Colony of Sohrab Goth
area in Gadap Town of Karachi.

2

0

44

May 20

Orangi Town / Karachi /
Sindh

Two cadres of ST, identified
as Amanul Haq and Aminul Haq, were shot dead on sectarian
grounds in Orangi Town.

2

0

45

May 20

Korangi Town / Karachi /
Sindh

A Shia man, identified as
Syed Hassan Zaidi, was shot dead when unidentified militants
opened fire at his car in Korangi Town.

1

0

46

May 22

Shamsabad / Rawalpindi /
Punjab

A unit in-charge of ASWJ,
identified as Nasir Abbasi, was killed while another person,
identified as Ishtiaq, was injured when unidentified militants
opened fire on them in Shamsabad area of Rawalpindi District.

1

1

47

May 26

Chenab Nagar / Chiniot District
/ Punjab

Unidentified militants shot
dead a US-based Ahmadi doctor, identified as Mehdi Ali (50),
outside the Ahmadi graveyard in Chenab Nagar (also known
as Rabwah) city of Chiniot District of Punjab.

1

0

48

June 2

Sharea Pakistan / Dak Khana
/ Liaquatabad / Karachi / Sindh

A Government employee from
Shia community, identified as Syed Ahmed Ali Zaidi (35),
was shot dead in an apparent sectarian attack on a newly-constructed
bridge on Sharea Pakistan near Dak Khana in Liaquatabad
area of Karachi.

1

0

49

June 2

Bangoria Goth / Azizabad
/ Karachi / Sindh

A trader from Shia community,
identified as Sajid Ali Jafri (38), was shot dead by unidentified
assailants in Bangoria Goth of Azizabad area in Karachi.

1

0

50

June 8

Taftan / Chaghai / Balochistan

As many as 30 Shia pilgrims
were killed and many injured in bomb explosions and firing
in Taftan tehsil of Chaghai District in Balochistan.

30

0

51

June 9

Nazimabad / Karachi / Sindh

Two brothers from Shia community,
identified as Nazeer Ali and Basheer Ali, were killed by
unidentified assailants in Nazimabad area of Karachi.

2

0

52

June 20

Pind Parian / Shahzad Town
/ Islamabad

At least 52 persons were
injured in an IED explosion during Urs (the annual religious
congregation at the shrine) celebrations at Darbar Nangay
Shah Pir Badshah in Pind Parian area in the jurisdiction
of Shahzad Town Police Station of Islamabad.

0

52

53

July 2

Malir / Karachi / Sindh

A person, identified as
Habib Ullah (24), was killed by unidentified assailants
in Malir area of Karachi in Sindh. The spokesman of ASWJ
said that deceased was the member of their organisation
and resident of Daud Goth Malir.

1

0

54

July 6

Old Sabzi Mandi / Karachi
/ Sindh

Two ASWJ activists, identified
as Qari Abdullah Raheem (30) and Nawaz Khan (35), were shot
dead near Old Sabzi Mandi area of Karachi in Sindh.

2

0

55

July 10

Empress Market / Saddar
Town / Karachi

A shopkeeper, identified
as Asif Ali (40), was shot dead in a suspected sectarian
attack in the Empress Market area of Saddar Town in Karachi.

1

0

56

July 11

Hassan Town / Kakul Road
/ Abbottabad / KP

Two motorcycle-bourne unidentified
assailants killed a man and his son in Hassan Town on Kakul
Road in Abbottabad town of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in suspected
incidents of sectarian killing.

2

0

57

July 18

Satellite Town / Quetta
/ Balochistan

Four persons were killed
in firing outside a mosque as they came out after offering
the Friday prayers in the area of Satellite Town in Quetta
of Balochistan.

4

0

58

July 18

Chakri Road / Rawalpindi
District / Punjab

Unidentified assailants
shot dead two cadres of ASWJ, the frontal organisation of
SSP, identified as Raja Saifullah and Mohammad Aslam, on
Chakri Road in Rawalpindi city (in Rawalpindi District)
of Punjab.

2

0

59

July 29

Sabzal road / Quetta / Balochistan

Two Shia Hazara persons,
identified as Zakir Hussain and Ghulam Hussain, were killed
by unidentified assailants in Sabzal road area of Quetta.

2

0

60

August 10

Khuda Ki Basti / Surjani
Town / Gadap Town / Karachi / Sindh

A Shia man, identified as
Syed Kazim Shah (60), and his daughter, identified as Aroosa,
was killed, while his wife and another daughter sustained
injuries in a sectarian attack outside his home in Khuda
Ki Basti area of Surjani Town in Gadap Town of Karachi.

1

2

61

August 10

Jhanda Chowk / Super Market
/ Liaquatabad Town / Karachi / Sindh

A cadre of ASWJ, identified
as Farazuddin, was shot dead in a targeted attack near Jhanda
Chowk in Liaquatabad within the limits of the Super Market
Police Station in Liaquatabad Town in Karachi.

1

0

62

August 11

Landhi / Karachi / Sindh

One doctor, identified as
Amir Mehdi (56) was shot dead in a sectarian attack in Landhi
area of Karachi in the evening. Amir Mehdi was sitting at
his 'Rifah-i-Aam Clinic' in Landhi-2 when two assailants
riding on a motorcycle emerged there, fired shots and rode
away. The doctor and his compounder brother, Nihal Ali,
suffered bullet wounds. Amir Mehdi later succumbed to his
injuries.

1

1

63

August 11

Bara Board / Pak Colony
/ Karachi / Sindh

40-year-old Abbas Haider
Zaidi was travelling in a car when four assailants riding
two motorcycles intercepted him at the Kamal petrol pump
near Bara Board in the Pak Colony area of Karachi and fired
at him. Police said it's a sectarian attack.

1

0

64

August 26

Sheikh Taqi Baba Shrine
/ Mastung / Balochistan

A woman was wounded when
militants blew up the shrine of Sufi saint Sheikh Taqi Baba
in Mastung District of Balochistan.

0

1

65

August 27

Korangi Town / Karachi /
Sindh

A Shia doctor, identified
as Dr. Naseem Hussain Jaffri (50), was shot dead by unidentified
militants in Korangi Town of Karachi in Sindh.

1

0

66

August 29

Zikri community Shrine /
Awaran / Balochistan

Unidentified militants opened
fire on worshippers at a Zikri community Shrine in Awaran
District of Balochistan, killing at least six persons and
wounding seven others.

6

7

67

September 5

Federal B Area / Gulberg
Town / Karachi

A person, identified as
Syed Mohsin Raza (50), a member of the Shia community, was
killed by unidentified assailants in Federal B Area in Gulberg
Town of Karachi.

1

0

68

September 5

Nazimabad No-1 / Rizvia
/ Karachi

Syed Kashif Hussain (35),
a member of the Shia community, was shot dead at his electronics
shop in Nazimabad No-1 of Rizvia area in Karachi.

1

0

69

September 6

Bhangoria Goth / Azizabad
/ Karachi

A prominent Shia leader,
identified as Allama Ali Akbar Kumaili and his guard were
shot dead by unidentified assailants near Bhangoria Goth
in Azizabad area of Karachi.

2

0

70

September 11

Sandal Bar / Faisalabad
/ Punjab

A head of a Seminary, identified
as Maulvi Sadiq Khan (65), was shot dead by unidentified
assailants in Sandal Bar Police Limits of Faisalabad city
(Faisalabad District).

1

0

71

September 11

Madni Mosque / Korangi Town
/ Karachi / Sindh

One Shia Doctor Dr Abdul
Aziz was gunned down by unidentified assailants at his clinic
near Madni Mosque in Korangi Town of Karachi, the provincial
capital of Sindh.

1

0

72

September 14

Baldia Town / Karachi /
Sindh

A supporter of the ASWJ,
identified as Malik Fayyaz (50), was shot dead by unidentified
assailants in Baldia Town of Karachi (Karachi District),
the provincial capital of Sindh.

1

0

73

September 14

Latifabad / Hyderabad /
Sindh

The head of a local Shia
organisation, identified as Mohsin Raza, was shot dead by
unidentified assailants in Latifabad Locality of Hyderabad
city (Hyderabad District).

1

0

74

September 17

Sarki / Shah Qabool PS /
Peshawar / KP

A Shia man, Ali Haider who
is an employee of Central Prison in Peshawar, the provincial
capital of KP was shot dead by unidentified assailants in
an incident of sectarian violence in Sarki area under Shah
Qabool Police Station in Peshawar.

1

0

75

September 21

Dhamyal Road / Rawalpindi
/ Punjab

The deputy caretaker of
Taleem-ul-Quran seminary, identified as Mufti Amanullah
(34), was shot dead while his student identified as Mehmood
(18), sustained injuries in a targeted attack near the high
security Qasim aviation base on Dhamyal Road in Rawalpindi
District.

1

1

76

September 23

Mali Colony / Mirpurkhas
District / Sindh

A doctor from the Ahmadi
community, identified as Mubashar Ahmad Khosa, was shot
dead in Mali Colony of Mirpurkhas District.

1

0

77

October 7

Hyderi / North Nazimabad
/ Karachi

An activist of the ASWJ,
identified as Maulana Masood, was killed by unidentified
assailants in Hyderi area of North Nazimabad in Karachi.

1

0

78

October 23

Hazarganji / Quetta / Balochistan

Eight Hazara Shias were
killed in sectarian target killings in the Hazarganji area
of Quetta in Balochistan.

8

0

79

October 23

Kirani Road / Quetta / Balochistan

Armed men on a motorbike
shot dead a member of the Hazara community in Kirani Road
area of Quetta in Balochistan.

1

0

80

October 28

Federal B / Karachi / Sindh

A nine-month-old girl died
and eight people suffered injuries in an explosion caused
by a hand grenade hurled outside an Imambargah in the Federal
B area of Karachi, in the night. The blast occurred when
a Muharram congregation of women was underway at around
9pm. Unidentified militants come from the Karimabad side
who hurled an explosive device from a newly built flyover.

1

8

81

November 5

Merazai / Lower Orakzai
Agency / FATA

Two mourners, identified
as Mir Ahmed Khan and Ghulam Akbar, were killed and 28 others
were injured when militants fired rockets at Ashura procession
that was taken out from an Imambargah in Merazai area of
Lower Orakzai Agency in FATA.

2

28

82

November 6

Gujrat town / Gujrat / Punjab

A Police officer Mukhtar
Ahmed revealed that a Shia man, identified as Syed Tufail
Hyder, was killed by Police Officer Sarfraz Naveed in police
custody on grounds of blasphemy in Gujrat city of the same
District.

1

0

83

November 10

Sadiqabad / Rawalpindi /
Punjab

Two Police Constables, identified
as Muhammad Waheed and Qamar Shah, were killed and two others,
identified as Adeel and Yasir, were injured when unidentified
militants opened fire on them while they were stationed
outside an Imambargah within the limits of Sadiqabad Police
Station in Rawalpindi District.

2

2

84

November 25

University Road / Guslhan Town / Karachi
/ Sindh

Dr. Rubina Khalid (55), a senior professor
of the Dow University of Health Sciences and a Sunni, was
shot dead by unidentified assailants on University Road
in Guslhan Town of Karachi.

1

0

85

November 26

Sector E-11/4 / Islamabad

In an incident of target killing, a religious
leader, Guam Nadal Irfan (45), was shot dead in Sector E-11/4
of the federal capital Islamabad in the night of November
26 when he was going to E-11 from G-11.

1

0

86

November 26

Golrah PS / Islamabad

A Shia cleric and senior leader of MWM,
Allama Muhammad Nawaz Irfani, shot dead in a drive-by shooting
in the limits of Golrah Police Station in the Federal capital
Islamabad.

1

0

87

November 30

Korangi Town / Karachi / Sindh

Unidentified armed assailants shot dead
a Shia doctor, identified as identified as Shamim Raza,
in his private clinic located in Korangi Town of Karachi.

1

0

88

December 1

Gilgit / Gilgit Baltistan

Two Policemen and one student were injured
during sectarian clash at Government Degree College in Gilgit
town of Gilgit Baltistan.

0

3

89

December 18

Sohrab Goth / Gadap Town / Karachi / Sindh

A Shia man, identified as Syed Jaffar Naqvi
(40), was shot at and injured by unidentified armed assailants
in Sohrab Goth area of Gadap Town of Karachi.

0

1

90

December 27

Shah Rehman / Gujranwala / Punjab

Gunmen shot dead a member of the Ahmadi
religious minority. Luqman Ahad Shehzad was shot in the
back of the head near Bhiri Shah Rehman village, a small
community of Ahmadis in the Gujranwala District of Punjab.

1

0

91

December 30

Hub River Road / Mawach Goth / Baldia Town
/ Karachi / Sindh

A tortured dead body of a Shia man, identified
as Sikandar Rizvi (40) was found from Hub River Road in
Mawach Goth area of Baldia Town in Karachi of Sindh.

1

0

Total*

208

312

Year 2013

Month

Incidents

Killed

Injured

January

17

155

247+

February

26

141

227

March

7

8

2

April

4

4

0

May

2

4

14

June

7

48

88

July

3

68

182

August

15

28

42

September

7

11

12

October

5

6

1

November

23

51

127

December

15

34

45

TOTAL

131

558

987+

Sectarian Violence
in Pakistan 2013

S.N.

Date

Place / District

Incidents

killed

Injured

1

January 1

Machh bazaar / Bolan District
/ Balochistan

The warden of Machh jail,
Mohammad Ali, who belonged to the Hazara community, was
shot dead in Machh bazaar of Bolan District.

1

0

2

January 7

Ayesha Manzil / Karachi / Sindh

In an incident of sectarian violence, a
person and his minor daughter were killed while his wife
and other daughter sustained injuries near Ayesha Manzil
within the limits of Gulberg Police Station. Asghar Ilyas
(40) and his two-year-old daughter Zainab were shot dead,
while his wife Farzana and another minor daughter Dua injured
near Ayesha Manzil of Karachi.

2

2

3

January 7

Block 13-D / Gulshan-e-Iqbal / Karachi /
Sindh

Ali Raza Naqvi (26) was killed in a sectarian
attack in Block 13-D of Gulshan-e-Iqbal within the precincts
of Gulshan-e- Iqbal Police Station of Karachi.

1

0

4

January 7

Kot Pindi Das / Sheikhupura District / Punjab

Two unidentified armed motorcyclists shot
dead vice-president of the SSP, Muhammad Shakeel, near Kot
Pindi Das area of Sheikhupura town of same District in Punjab.
According to Police, the Muhammad Shakeel had been on his
way to Lahore when unknown motorcyclists opened fire on
him near Kot Pindi Das.

1

0

5

January 8

Golimar / Karachi / Sindh

Unidentified assailants riding a motorbike
opened fire at the house of one Safdar, belonging to the
SSP, injuring Safdar and his friend, Qayoom Golimar area
of Karachi. Subsequently, irate people set a bus on fire
in Golimar area. Sectarian tension gripped the entire locality
amid aerial firing that injured three boys.

0

5

6

January 9

Dabgari / Peshawar / KP

Unidentified assailants shot dead a Shia
doctor associated with the ruling PPP in the Dabgari area
of Peshawar (Peshawar District), the provincial capital
of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

1

0

7

January 10

Alamdar Road / Quetta Balochistan

At least 105 persons were killed and over
169 persons were injured in two separate bomb blasts on
Alamdar Road in Quetta of Balochistan.

106

169

8

January 10

Mingora / Swat / KP

At least 30 members of the Tablighi Jama'at
were killed and more than 70 were injured in a suicide blast
inside the Tablighi Markaz located on the Takhta Band Road
in Mingora city, the headquarters of Swat District.

30

70+

9

January 15

Sector 7/C / Surjani Town PS / Karachi /
Sindh

A person, identified as Asghar Ali Shah
(30), was shot dead by unidentified assailants in Sector
7/C in the Surjani Town Police Jurisdiction. Victim belonged
to Shia community and he was an organiser of a mourning
procession. Police said that it was a sectarian killing.

1

0

10

January 16

Malir-15 / Saudabad PS / Karachi / Sindh

Ibne Hassan (50) was shot dead by unidentified
armed assailants outside his residence near Ghousia Market
in Muhammadi Dara, just opposite Naeem Hospital, in Malir-15
in the Saudabad Police Limits. According to SHO, Saudabad
Hassan Haider, the man was production manager in General
Tyres and he belonged to the Shia community. Police said
that it was a sectarian killing.

1

0

11

January 18

Lasbela Bridge / Karachi / Sindh

Two brothers, identified as Mohammad Irshad
and Mohammad Akhlaq, cadre of ASWJ, were killed on Lasbela
Bridge in Karachi of Sindh.

2

0

12

January 22

Liaquat Street / Saddar Bazaar / Peshawar

In a sectarian related attack, one doctor,
Dr Shah Nawaz Ali, was shot dead by unidentified assailants
in his cantonment area clinic on Liaquat Street in Saddar
Bazaar of Peshawar.

1

0

13

January 23

Talagang / Chakwal District / Punjab

A local leader of ASWJ, Qari Mohammad Saeed,
was killed by unidentified assailant in Talagang area of
Chakwal District in Punjab. Qari Mohammad Saeed, the prayer
leader of a local mosque, was attacked by an unidentified
assailant when he came out of Ayesha Siddiqua Masjid on
Mianwali road after Maghrib prayers.

1

0

14

January 28

Bilal Colony / Korangi
/ Karachi / Sindh

35-year-old ASWJ activist Maulana Khalid
Saeed was shot dead by unidentified assailants outside his
residence near Bilal Colony in the Korangi Industrial Area
Police limits. He hailed from Hazara.

1

0

15

January 29

Sabzal road / Quetta
/ Balochistan

Two Police constables, identified as Ali
Dad Hazara and Shamir Baloch, were shot dead on Sabzal road
of Quetta.

2

0

16

January 31

Tipu Sultan PS /
Karachi / Sindh

Three clerics of the Deoband school of thought,
identified as Mufti Abdul Majeed Dinpuri (50), Mufti Muhammad
Saleh (40) and Ehsan Ali Shah (29) were shot dead within
the precincts of Tipu Sultan Police Station in Karachi.

3

0

17

January 31

Karachi / Sindh

A man belonging to the Tablighi Jama'at
was killed while another was injured in an armed attack
near KDA Chowrangi in North Nazimabad Town of Karachi.

1

1

18

February 1

Pat Bazaar / Hangu
/ KP

Twenty-eight Shia persons were killed and
46 others injured when a suicide bomber struck outside a
mosque just after the Friday prayers in Pat Bazaar in Hangu
Town of same District in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

28

46

19

February 2

Shah Abdul Latif
Bhittai road / Agra Taj / Kalri PS / Karachi / Sindh

A Shia man, identified as Sarwar Hussain
(38), was killed by unidentified assailats on Shah Abdul
Latif Bhittai road in Agra Taj within the limits of Kalri
Police Station in Karachi.

1

0

20

February 4

Sector 5 C-4 / North
Karachi / Karachi / Sindh

A cadre of the ASWJ,
identified as Umair Yasir (25), was shot dead by unidentified
assailants in Sector 5 C-4 of North Karachi in Karachi of
Sindh.

1

0

21

February 4

Bara Market / Khawaja
Ajmer Nagri PS / Karachi / Sindh

A shopkeeper, identified
as Yasir Ahmed (35), was shot dead in Bara Market within the
jurisdiction of the Khawaja Ajmer Nagri Police Station in
Karachi of Sindh. The victim belonged to the Deoband school
of thought.

1

0

22

February 6

Khalid Bin Waled
Road / Ferozabad PS / Karachi / Sindh

A cadre of ASWJ, identified as Ayaz, was
killed on Khalid Bin Waled Road within the precincts of
Ferozabad Police Station.

1

0

23

February 7

North Nazimabad
/ Karachi / Sindh

A cadre of the ASWJ, Dr Abid Baig (56),
was killed inside his clinic in North Nazimabad.

1

0

24

February 7

Lines Area / Karachi
/ Sindh

A man identified as Syed Zahid Ali Jafri
(35), who was injured on February 5, 2013 in a sectarian
attack in Lines Area died during treatment.

1

0

25

February 8

Nagan Chowrangi
/ New Karachi PS / Karachi / Sindh

A cadre of ASWJ, identified as Imran Ahmed
(37), was killed near Nagan Chowrangi area within the jurisdiction
of New Karachi Police Station.

Unidentified armed pillion riders killed
Syed Qamar Raza Naqvi (32) belonging to Shia sect near his
house in Golimar area within the precincts of Rizvia Police
Station.

1

0

28

February 9

T ground / FB area
/ Jauharabad PS / Karachi / Sindh

A strangulated body of Ghausia seminary
student was found from T ground in FB area within the limits
of Jauharabad Police Station.

1

0

29

February 10

Mehtab Chowk / Rais
Amrohi Colony / Iqbal Market PS / Karachi / Sindh

A father and his son belonging to Shia community,
identified as Syed Anjum Abbas (51) and Syed Asif Abbas
(27), were killed near Mehtab Chowk in Rais Amrohi Colony
within the precincts of Iqbal Market Police Station.

2

0

30

February 11

University of Karachi
/ Sachal PS / Karachi / Sindh

A cleric of Deoband school of thought, identified
as Qari Muhammad Asim (40), was killed near University of
Karachi within the precincts of Sachal Police Station. ASWJ
spokesman Maulana Saeed Akbar Farooqi said that the deceased
was a sympathiser of his organisation.

1

0

31

February 15

Baloch Goth / Orangi
/ Karachi / Sindh

A Shia man was killed on sectarian attack
at Baloch Goth of Orangi Town within the precincts of Orangi
Town Police Station.

1

0

32

February 16

Hazara town / Quetta
/ Balochistan

A remote-controlled bomb targeting Shias
killed 84 people including women and children and wounded
more than 200 in Quetta, the provincial capital of Balochistan.

84

169

33

February 18

Farooq-e-Azam Chowk / Surjani town / Karachi
/ Sindh

An ASWJ cadre, identified as Haji Fayyaz
(42), was shot dead by unidentified assailants near Farooq-e-Azam
Chowk in Surjani town within the precincts of Sarjani Police
Station. During the protests that followed, unidentified
assailants attacked and injured five men, including three
ASWJ cadres, outside Jamia Masjid Subhani in Burhan Bazaar
of Patel Para. The three ASWJ activists, identified as Abdul
Raheem (35), Shahrum (28) and Raju (25), died of injuries
later.

4

2

34

February 18

FTC flyover / Karachi / Sindh

A homemade bomb went off near the FTC flyover,
where a number of Shia community members had been protesting
against the Quetta carnage (February 16, 2013).

0

0

35

February 18

Gulberg / Lahore / Punjab

In a sectarian attack, the Lahore General
Hospital Ophthalmology Department head Professor Dr Ali
Haider and his son were shot dead by two unidentified assailants
in the Gulberg area of Lahore city (Lahore District), the
provincial capital of Punjab.

2

0

36

February 19

Star Gate / Karachi / Sindh

Syed Safdar Ali Kazmi (25), one of the people
who had become to attend the sit-in at Star Gate in Karachi,
was on his way back home from the demonstration when unidentified
assailants shot him dead.

1

0

37

February 20

Goth Ahmad Din Brohi / Jacobabad / Sindh

Grandson of Gaddi Nasheen (caretaker) of
Qambar Dargah was killed and 10 people, including Sain Hussain
Shah, and another of his grandson were injured in a remote-controlled
bomb explosion at a religious gathering at the Goth Ahmad
Din Brohi area of Jacobabad District.

A senior Federal Government official was
shot dead, in what Police said was an incident of sectarian
killing in the Gulbahar area of Peshawar, the provincial
capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. "Unidentified gunmen opened
fire on a WAPDA vehicle carrying Town-2 SDO Khawaja Imran
in the Gulbahar area," a Police official said. Gulbahar
Police said the WAPDA official was targeted because he belonged
to Shia sect.

1

0

50

March 29

Ayaz Medical Store / Phool Gali / Rizvia
area / Karachi / Sindh

A person, identified as Kamran Hussain,
a member of the Shia community, was shot dead in a sectarian
attack outside Ayaz Medical Store at Phool Gali of Rizvia
area.

1

0

51

April 2

Malir / Karachi / Sindh

A Shia, identified as Syed Ashraf Hussain
Zaidi (59), was shot dead at his general store in Malir
area.

1

0

52

April 7

Muhammad Mustafa / Karachi / Sindh

Syed Jaffar Zaidi (40), a businessman and
a Shia community member, was killed in Lane 7 of Muhammad
Mustafa Colony.

An ASI, identified as Syed Murtaza Hussain
(40), was shot dead in a targeted attack at Shamsi area
within the jurisdiction of Pakistan Bazaar Police Station.
Police said the victim belonged to Shia community.

1

0

55

May 27

Nishan-e-Haider Chowk /Karachi
/ Sindh

A Shia person, identified as Haider Abbas
(35) was shot dead by unidentified assailants near the Nishan-e-Haider
Chowk. A passerby named Jumma also suffered bullet wounds
in the attack.

1

0

56

May 28

Imamia Colony /Peshawar / Khyber
Pakhtunkhwa

At least three persons were killed and 14
others were injured when a bomb attached to a motorcycle
exploded in the Imamia Colony in Peshawar (Peshawar District),
the provincial capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The explosives
were planted in a motorcycle detonated by remote control.
Most of the people living in the area belonged to the Shia
community which appeared to be the target of the attack.

3

14

57

June 11

Soldier Bazaar locality of Gulshan-e-Iqbal
/Karachi / Sindh

A person belonging to Ahmedi community,
identified as Hamid Sami (45), was shot dead and his son
Osama (18) and a companion Salman Zaman (48) were injured
in a targeted attack in Soldier Bazaar locality of Gulshan-e-Iqbal
area.

1

2

58

June 13

Disilva Town /Karachi / Sindh

A cadre of SSP, identified as Shafiq Aka
Baba was killed and his friend, identified as Saeedur Rehman,
was injured near Disilva Town.

1

1

59

June 13

Aleemabad area / Karachi / Sindh

A person belonging to Shia community, identified
as Ali Abbas, was shot dead in Aleemabad area.

1

0

60

June 19

Khwaja Ajmer Nagri / Karachi / Sindh

A school van driver, Imran Rizvi (35), was
killed by unidentified assailants in Sector 5C/2 of Khwaja
Ajmer Nagri. Central District Senior Superintendent of Police
(SSP) Amir Farooqi said the victim was a member of the Shia
community.

1

0

61

June 21

Gulshan Colony / Peshawar / Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

15 Shia persons were killed and 25 others
were injured in a suicide attack at an Imambargah in largely
Shia area of Gulshan Colony on the edge of Peshawar (Peshawar
District), the provincial capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

15

25

62

June 26

Awaran / Balochistan

Unidentified assailants abducted eight members
of Tablighi Jama'at at gunpoint from a mosque in the Jhao
area of Awaran District.

0

0

63

June 30

Aliabad / Hazara Town / Quetta
/ Balochistan

At least 28 persons were killed and 60 others
injured when a suicide bomber blew himself up near an
Imambargah in Aliabad area of Hazara Town in Quetta
(Quetta District), the provincial capital of Balochistan.

29

60

64

July 15

Masjid Road / Quetta / Balochistan

At least four people belonging to the Shia
community were killed when unidentified militants opened
fire on Raza Hussain's vehicle on Masjid Road area of Quetta.

4

2

65

July 22

Shahrah-e-Iqbal Road / Quetta / Balochistan

Two Shia Hazaras were killed when unidentified
militants opened fire at a taxi on Shahrah-e-Iqbal Road
in Quetta, the provincial capital of Balochistan.

2

0

66

July 26

Parachinar / Kurram Agency / FATA

At least 60 persons were killed and 180
others were injured in a coordinated twin suicide attacks
at Parachinar in the Kurram Agency of FATA.

62

180

67

August 2

Umar Block / Abbasia Town / Rahim Yar Khan
/ Punjab

Six unidentified militants shot dead Shia
Council's Divisional President Sheikh Manzoor Hussain and
his younger son Haider Ali while they were leaving their
house located at Umar Block in Abbasia Town of Rahim Yar
Khan District.

2

0

68

August 13

Gulberg Town / Karachi / Sindh

At least two people belonging to the Ismaili
community were killed and 40 others were injured when unidentified
militants hurled two hand grenades in Gulberg Town of Karachi
in Sindh.

2

40

69

August 13

SITE Town / Karachi / Sindh

At least 2 Ismaili Shias were injured in
second hand grenade attack Ismaili Jama'at Khana in Metroville
area of SITE Town in Karachi District of Sindh.

0

2

70

August 19

Orangi Town / Karachi / Sindh

Two people, identified Naseem Arif Siddiqui
(45), and his uncle Pervez Ali (63) were shot dead within
the jurisdiction of Taimuria Police Station near Masjid-e-Al
Huda in Orangi Town of Karachi District. Arif was a member
of Tablighi Jama'at.

2

0

71

August 19

Saddar Town / Karachi / Sindh

A cadre belonging to ST, identified as Mohammad
Faisal alias Shani (30), was shot dead within the
limits of Eidgah Police Station in Ramswami area of Saddar
Town.

1

0

72

August 20

Jamshed Town / Karachi / Sindh

Unidentified armed assailants opened fire
and shot dead a cadre of the ST, identified as Faisal Qadri,
in the Martin Quarters area of Jamshed Town.

1

0

73

August 21

Orangi Town / Karachi / Sindh

An officer in ANF, identified as Zahoor
Ahmed Kiyani (46), belonging to the Ahmadiyya community,
along with his neighbour, Noorul Wahid, were shot dead in
Mujahid Colony within the jurisdicti48on of Orangi Town
Police Station in Liaquatabad Town of Karachi

2

0

74

August 22

Liaquatabad Town / Karachi /
Sindh

A Shia doctor, identified as Doctor Ghazanfar
Ali Zaidi (58), was killed in a sectarian attack near Dak-khana
in Shahrah-i-Altaf Brelvi area of Liaquatabad Town. "Dr
Zaidi's murder was a clear case of sectarianism," said SSP
Central Amir Farooqui.

1

0

75

August 23

Bhakkar District / Punjab

A clash between ASWJ and members of Shias
community killed at 11 people in Kotla Jam area of Bhakkar
District.

11

0

76

August 25

Gulshan Town / Karachi / Sindh

Maulana Akbar Saeed Farooqi, spokesperson
for ASWJ, succumbed to his injuries after getting injured
in an armed attack near Safari Park in Gulshan Town.

1

0

77

August 26

Gulshan Town / Karachi / Sindh

A Shia man, identified as Qamar Sajjad (55),
was shot dead in a sectarian attack on University Road within
the remits of Aziz Bhatti Police Station in Gulshan Town
of Karachi District.

1

0

78

August 28

Liaquatabad Town / Karachi / Sindh

The owner of United Book Shop, identified
as Akhtar Hussain (40), was killed at Urdu Bazaar in Nazimabad
area of Liaquatabad Town. Police investigators believe that
as the victim was a member of the Shia community, the murder
could be sectarian in nature.

1

0

79

August 29

Jamshed Town / Karachi / Sindh

A cleric, identified as Ahmed Nadeem Farooqi,
was shot dead inside a mosque on Jamshed Road within the
limits of Jamshed Quarter Police Station in Jamshed Town.

1

0

80

August 31

Landhi Town / Karachi / Sindh

A homeopathic doctor, identified as Dr Syed
Tahir Hussain, was shot dead in Khurramabad area of Landhi
Town in Karachi District, the provincial capital of Sindh.
Police said that Tahir belonged to Ahmadi community.

1

0

81

August 31

Orangi Town / Karachi / Sindh

A trustee of Salman-e-Farsi Imambargah,
identified as Bostaan Ali, was shot dead at Turi Bangash
Colony in Orangi Town.

1

0

82

September 3

Jauhar Complex / University Road / Gulshan-e-Iqbal
Town / Karachi

A Shia driver at National Database and Registration
Authority (NADRA), identified as Zaheer Hussain (45), was
shot dead near Jauhar Complex on University Road in Gulshan-e-Iqbal
Town of Gulshan Town of Karachi.

1

0

83

September 10

Tayyaba Bakery / UP Morr / New Karachi Town
/ Karachi / Sindh

Two people belonging to Bohra community,
identified as Mustansar Al (38) and his son Mustunisa (8),
were shot dead in a targeted sectarian attack near Tayyaba
Bakery at UP Morr in New Karachi Town of Karachi.

2

0

84

September 10

Gol Market / Nazimabad Town / Karachi /
Sindh

A Shia scholar, identified as Syed Raza
Rizvi (45), was shot dead in a sectarian attack outside
his house in Gol Market area of Nazimabad Town in Karachi.

1

0

85

September 15

Super Highway / Sacchal PS / Karachi / Sindh

A man belonging to the Shia community, identified
as Badar Ali, was shot dead at Super Highway within the
precincts of Sacchal Police Station in Karachi.

1

0

86

September 19

Majeed Colony / Landhi Town / Karachi /
Sindh

Three Shia people were killed and 12 others
were injured when unidentified militants hurled hand grenades
at an Imambargah (Shia place of congregation) in Majeed
Colony of Landhi Town in Karachi of Sindh.

3

12

87

September 26

Metroville / Mominabad PS /
Orangi Town / Karachi / Sindh

A Shia man, identified as Haider Raza,
was shot dead within the jurisdiction of Mominabad Police
Station in the Metroville area of Orangi Town of Karachi.

1

0

88

September 30

Power House Chowrangi / New Karachi Town
/ Karachi / Sindh

Two people, including a Shia property deader,
identified as Hassan Ali, and his driver Majeed Rehman,
were shot dead in a sectarian attack near Power House Chowrangi
in New Karachi Town of Sindh.

2

0

89

October 7

Ath Chowk / Lyari Town / Karachi
/ Sindh

A man was killed in a sectarian target killing
at Ath Chowk in Lyari Town of Karachi in Sindh. According
to Police, the killing was of a sectarian nature.

1

0

90

October 13

Chaba Gali / Jodia Bazaar /
Saddar Town / Karachi / Sindh

A trader belonging to the Bohra community,
identified as Uzeefa (30), was shot dead and his nephew,
Muhammad Dani (12), was injured in a sectarian attack at
a shop in the Chaba Gali area of Jodia Bazaar in Saddar
Town of Karachi in Sindh.

1

1

91

October 15

Gulberg / Karachi / Sindh

A local leader of ASWJ, Abdul Hameed (42),
the front organisation of SSP, was shot dead in Gulberg
area of Karachi in Sindh.

1

0

92

October 24

Ittehad Town / Baldia Town / Karachi / Sindh

A Shia man, identified as Ali Raza (32),
succumbed to his injuries during medical treatment. Raza
was injured in a firing incident in Ittehad Town area of
Baldia Town on October 21, 2013.

1

0

93

October 26

Quetta-Taftan Highway / Mastung / Balochistan

At least two soldiers were killed when car
bomb hit a FC van escorting a bus of Shia pilgrims in Dringarh
area on the main Quetta-Taftan Highway of Mastung District.
Frontier Corps and Balochistan Levies convoys were escorting
five passenger buses of Shia pilgrims on the highway when
they found a suspected car parked on the road.

2

0

94

November 1

Mach / Bolan / Balochistan

Unidentified militants shot dead at least
six Hazara Shia coal miners and injured another in a sectarian
attack in Mach town of Bolan District in Balochistan.

6

0

95

November 1

Mominabad PS / Orangi Town / Karachi / Sindh

A man belonging to the Ahmadi community,
identified as Bashir Ahmed (50), was killed while four others
were injured in a sectarian attack within the jurisdiction
of Mominabad Police Station in Orangi Town of Karachi.

1

4

96

November 4

FC Area / Liaquatabad Town / Karachi /
Sindh

Two people, including a tailor from the
Shia community, identified as Nadeem Raza, was shot dead
along with his friend, Shoaib, while three others were
injured in an attack in the FC Area of Liaquatabad Town
of Karachi.

2

3

97

November 4

Garam Chashma / Manghopir / Gadap Town
/ Karachi / Sindh

A medical technician at the Leprosy Hospital,
identified as Sher Ali, was shot dead in a sectarian attack
in the Garam Chashma area of Manghopir in Gadap Town of
Karachi.

1

0

98

November 4

Liberty Chowk / Tariq Road / Jamshed Town
/ Karachi / Sindh

A Shia doctor, identified as Doctor Naseem
Abbas, was shot dead near Liberty Chowk on Tariq Road
in the Jamshed Town of Karachi.

1

0

99

November 4

Gulshan-e-Iqbal / Gulshan Town / Karachi
/ Sindh

A Shia man, identified as Muhammad Shan,
was shot dead in the Gulshan-e-Iqbal area of Gulshan Town
in Karachi.

1

0

100

November 5

Akhtar Colony / Mehmoodabad / Karachi

Two cadres belonging to ASWJ, identified
as Mufti Tariq Shah (30), and Yar Muhammad (34), were
shot dead by unidentified assailants in Akhtar Colony
of Mehmoodabad.

2

0

101

November 5

Defence Phase 1 / Gold Mark Mall / Karachi

An activist of ASWJ, identified as Muhammad
Jan (24), was shot dead in a drive-by shooting in Defence
Phase 1 near Gold Mark Mall.

1

0

102

November 5

Driving License Branch / Korangi Town
/ Karachi

A cadre of the ASWJ, identified as Muhammad
Riaz (32), and a party supporter, identified as Muhammad
Ramzan, were shot dead near the Driving License Branch
Korangi Town.

2

0

103

November 5

Ali Mosque / Karachi

A supporter of ASWJ was shot dead near
Ali Mosque.

1

0

104

November 5

Korangi Town / Karachi

A van driver and an ASWJ cadre, identified
as Abdur Razzaq, in Korangi Town. A passerby, identified
as Noor Hashim, was also injured in the attack.

1

1

105

November 5

Quaid mausoleum / Numaish / Karachi

A student of Jamia Binoria seminary, identified
as Zia-ur-Rehman, was shot dead outside the Quaid mausoleum
near Numaish.

1

0

106

November 5

Mazar-e-Quaid / Karachi

A student of the Jamia Binoria seminary,
identified as Misbahullah (25), had been shot and injured
near Mazar-e-Quaid by two unidentified assailants.

0

1

107

November 6

Malir / Khokhrapar PS / Malir Town / Karachi
/ Sindh

An elderly man belonging to Shia community
was killed in a firing incident in Malir locality within
the limits of Khokhrapar Police Station in Malir Town.

1

0

108

November 9

Gujranwala town / Gujranwala Punjab

Unidentified gunmen opened fire as Muhammad
Yousuf, the prayer leader of the Qasr-i-Abu Talib Imambargah
in Mominpura area, had just finished leading Fajr prayers.
Yousuf and another person present at the mosque died on
the spot. A short while later, gunmen entered the Qasr-i-Zainabiya
Imambargah in Shahrukh Colony located a short distance
from the first mosque and opened indiscriminate firing,
killing worshiper Syed Javed on the spot.

3

0

109

November 15

Fawara Chowk / Rawalpindi / Punjab

At least 10 persons were killed and over
78 injured after sectarian clashes erupted at a 10th of
Muharram (the mourning period observed by the Shias, commemorating
the tragedy of Karbala) procession near Fawara Chowk in
Rawalpindi of Punjab.

10

78

110

November 19

Gujrat town / Gujrat / Punjab

LeJ militants killed a senior Shia university
director, Syed Shabir Hussain Shah, along with his driver
in an apparent sectarian attack in Gujrat town of same District.

2

0

111

November 22

Baraf Khana Chowk / Rawalpindi
/ Punjab

A Shia man, identified as Razzaq Ali, was
shot dead by two unidentified armed assailants at a grocery
shop in front of Imambargah Qasr-e-Abbas near Baraf
Khana Chowk in Rawalpindi District.

1

0

112

November 22

Gulberg Town / Karachi / Sindh

At least seven people were killed and 40
others were injured in twin suicide blasts near a roadside
tea stall in Shia dominated Ancholi area of Gulberg Town
in Karachi.

9

40

113

November 24

Quetta / Balochistan

A Hazara Shia man, identified as Arif Hussain,
was shot dead in a targeted sectarian attack on Kirani Road
in Quetta.

1

0

114

November 25

Karachi / Sindh

Two people, including a Shia man, identified
as Munir Hussain (43), and his wife, Razia Hussain (40),
were killed near Sanobar Cottage within the jurisdiction
of New Karachi Police Station in North Karachi area of North
Nazimabad Town in Karachi.

2

0

115

November 28

Karachi / Sindh

A cadre of ASWJ, identified as Muhammad
Shabbir (40), was shot dead in a drive-by shooting in Mehmoodabad
area of Jamshed Town in Karachi.

1

0

116

November 29

Karachi / Sindh

A student of the University of Karachi,
identified as Shadab Hussain (27) was shot dead near Maskan
Chowrangi in Gulshan-e-Iqbal area of Gulshan Town in Karachi.

1

0

117

December 1

Karachi / Sindh

Two brothers belonging to the Shia community,
identified as Mudabar Raza (35) and Haider Raza (33), were
shot dead in a sectarian attack on the New M.A Jinnah Road
in Jamshed Town of Karachi.

2

0

118

December 3

Karachi / Sindh

Two persons, including a cadre of ASWJ identified
as Mufti Ahmed and Dr Usman, were shot dead when unidentified
armed assailants opened fire on a clinic in Federal B Area
of Gulberg Town in Karachi.

2

0

119

December 3

Karachi / Sindh

Three members of the Tablighi Jama'at were
shot dead and two others were injured in a targeted attacked
in North Nazimabad.

3

2

120

December 3

North Nazimabad Town / Karachi

Three members of the Tablighi Jama'at were
shot dead and two others were injured in a targeted attacked
in North Nazimabad Town of Karachi.

3

2

121

December 6

Karachi / Sindh

At least three ASWJ cadres, identified as
two brothers Talib Ahmed and Kashif Ahmed, and third identified
as Shahid, were killed and one injured when unidentified
armed assailants opened fire at an eatery near Maskan chowrangi
in Gulshan-e-Iqbal area of Gulshan Town in Karachi.

3

1

122

December 6

Lahore / Punjab

The provincial head of ASWJ, identified
as Maulana Shamsur Rehman Muawiya, was shot dead in an incident
of target killing on Ravi Road in Lahore District.

1

0

123

December 8

Karachi / Sindh

A Shia man, identified as Syed Iftikhar
Abbas Rizvi (42), was shot dead near Babulilm Imambargah
in Five Star Chowrangi within the remits of Hyderi Police
Station in North Nazimabad Town of Karachi.

1

0

124

December 11

Karachi / Sindh

An ASWJ prayer leader of the Shah Faisal
Masjid, identified as Qari Mohammad Usman (40), was shot
dead near Disco Bakery in Gulshan-e-Iqbal within the precincts
of Gulshan-e-Iqbal Police Station in Gulshan Town.

1

0

125

December 15

Lahore / Punjab

A Shia leader associated with TNFJ Nasir
Abbas was shot dead near FC College in Lahore.

1

0

126

December 17

Rawalpindi / Punjab

Four persons, including a SI, were killed
while 13 others were injured when a suicide bomber blew
himself up in a sectarian attack outside an Imambargah
in Gracy Line area near airport in Rawalpindi District.

5

13

127

December 18

Karachi / Sindh

A woman, identified Nasreen (45), was killed
and her daughter-in-law, Azra, was injured when a low-intensity
explosion took place near Imambargah on Khalid Bin
Waleed Road in Ferozabad area of Jamshed Town in Karachi.

1

1

128

December 24

Orangi Town / Karachi / Sindh

Four IED blasts killed four people including
two teenagers and injured 23 others on Chehlum procession
in Orangi Town of Karachi.

4

23

129

December 28

Gulshan Town / Karachi / Sindh

At least two people were killed and another
one was injured when unidentified militants opened fire
at the vehicle of MWM Shia leader Mirza Yousuf in Gulistan-e-Jauhar
area of Gulshan Town.

2

1

130

December 29

Gulshan Town / Karachi / Sindh

Three Shia MWM activists, identified as
Safdar Abbas and Abdul Aleem, and Syed Ali Shah, were shot
dead, while a female companion, Sakeena, sustained injuries
when unidentified armed assailants opened fire targeting
their cab while they were returning after filing their nomination
papers at the ECO on Dalmia Road in Gulistan-e-Jauhar area
of Gulshan Town.

3

1

131

December 30

Rawalpindi / Punjab

Two Police Officers were killed and another
injured in a firing incident outside an Imambargah
in Race Course area of Rawalpindi District. The officers
were deployed for the security of the Imambargah.

2

1

Total

558

917

Year 2012

Month

Incidents

Killed

Injured

January

13

40

27

February

6

63

51

March

7

14

38

April

15

47

60

May

13

20

19

June

6

37

85

July

6

20

2

August

15

53

21

September

16

45

90

October

22

35

10

November

42

92

121

December

12

41

53

TOTAL

173

507

577

Sectarian Violence
in Pakistan 2012

S.N.

Date

Place / District

Incidents

killed

Injured

1

January 5

Nawan Killi / Quetta

One ASI, Ghulam Raza Bangash,
was shot dead by unidentified militants in Nawan Killi area
of Quetta. It is believed to be a sectarian attack.

1

0

2

January 7

Surjani Town / Karachi / Sindh

A Shia man, identified as Syed Qalb-e-Abbas
Rizvi, who was also the member of MQM Elders Committee succumbed
to his injuries. Surjani Police said that the victim had been
shot and injured on January 7 by unidentified armed assailants
while at a general store in Surjani Town.

1

0

3

January 15

Khanpur / Rahim Yar Khan / Punjab

At least 18 people, belonging to the Shia sect,
were killed while 30 others were wounded when a bomb exploded
near a procession marking Arbain or the chehlum (40th day) of
Hazrat Imam Hussain's martyrdom in Khanpur city of Rahim Yar
Khan District.

21

27

4

January 15

Jam colony Imambargah / Quetta

In a sectarian killing incident, a security
guard, identified as Musa Khan, was shot dead by unidentified
armed militants in Jam colony Imambargah in Quetta.

1

0

5

January 24

Pan Mandi Jodia Bazaar / Risala PS / Karachi
/ Sindh

Unidentified assailants shot dead two cadres,
identified as Muhammad Ali alias Mama, (33), and Muhammad
Nauman, (22), belonging to ASWJ, near Pan Mandi Jodia Bazaar
within the precincts of Risala Police Station in Karachi. The
Police claimed that it was a sectarian killing.

2

0

6

January 25

AG Office / Quetta / Balochistan

An Inspector of the FIA, Walayat Hussain, Quetta
television artiste Abid Hussain Nazish and Mohammad Anwar Hussain,
an accounts officer at the Balochistan Accountant General's
Office, were shot dead by unidentified armed assailants in a
sectarian attack in Quetta.

3

0

7

January 25

Maulana Din Muhammad Wafai Road / Karachi /
Sindh

Unidentified assailants shot dead three members
of the Shia Lawyers' Forum on Maulana Din Muhammad Wafai Road
of Karachi in Sindh.

3

0

8

January 28

Gulberg / Karachi / Sindh

A former trustee of Aal-Aba Imambargah, identified
as Jaffar Mohsin Rizvi (60), was shot dead in the Gulberg area
of Karachi.

1

0

9

January 28

Grid Road / Dera Ismail Khan / KP

A Policeman, identified as Jehangir, was killed
when heavily armed militants fired at him on Grid Road, in Dera
Ismail Khan District. One of the suspected militants was killed
in retaliation. DIG Syed Imtiaz said that the incident was a
"sectarian violence."

2

0

10

January 29

Usmanabad / Garden PS / Karachi / Sindh

Two activists of ST, identified as Sohail Ahmed
and Saleem Qadri, were shot dead in an incident of sectarian
killing near their party's office in Usmanabad area within the
precincts of Garden Police Station in Karachi.

2

0

11

January 30

Ancholi / Karachi / Sindh

A Shia man, identified as Syed Taseer Abbas
Zaidi (24), was shot dead by unidentified assailants in Ancholi
area of Karachi.

1

0

12

January 31

Malir railway crossing / Saudabad PS / Karachi
/ Sindh

Doctor Ashfaq Ahmed Qazi was shot dead in a
sectarian attack near Malir railway crossing within the precinct
of Saudabad Police Station in Karachi.

1

0

13

January 31

Mughal Hazara Goth / Karachi / Sindh

Naeem Abbas (25) was standing in Mughal Hazara
Goth of Karachi when unidentified militants opened fire on him,
injuring him seriously. Police said that the victim belonged
to the Shia community.

1

0

14

February 1

Bypass road / Hangu / KP

A prominent member of Sunni Supreme Council
and secretary general of a welfare organisation, Khalid, was
killed by unidentified militants on the bypass road in Hangu
District.

1

0

15

February 6

Mansehra town / Manshera District / KP

A man was shot dead and 14 others were injured
as two rival sectarian groups clashed during Eid Miladun Nabi
(celebration of the birth anniversary of Prophet Muhammad) in
Mansehra town of Manshera District of KP.

1

14

16

February 6

Kalar Abadi / Gujranwala / Punjab

Seven persons were injured in firing between
two groups during an Eid Milad-un-Nabi procession organised
in Kalar Abadi area of Gujranwala District.

0

7

17

February 7

Surjani Town / Karachi / Sindh

A local leader of the ASWJ, identified as Qari
Asghar, was shot dead in the Surjani Town Police limits of Karachi
in Sindh.

2

6

18

February 17

Kurmi bazaar / Parachinar / Kurram Agency /
FATA

At least 40 Shias were reportedly killed while
24 others injured, after a suicide bomber detonated his explosives
just near the targeted mosque in the Kurmi bazaar of Parachinar,
the main town of Kurram Agency in FATA.

41

24

19

February 28

Harban Nullah / Kohistan / KP

Armed militants dressed in military uniforms
killed at least 18 Shias, all men, from Gilgit-Baltistan, on
the Karakoram Highway in Kohistan District while they were returning
in a convoy from a pilgrimage in Iran.

18

0

20

March 12

Sadda / Kurram Agency / FATA

Two people were killed and 20 others injured
when a bomb ripped through a bus near Sadda town in Kurram Agency.
One official requesting anonymity said the victims were from
the Shia community.

At least three devotees, including a tribal
leader, were killed and nine others, including women and children,
sustained injuries when their vehicle, owned by local tribal
leader Muhammad Nawaz, was attacked by a group of unidentified
militants in Tambo tehsil of Kohlu District.

3

9

23

March 24

Kasi Road / Quetta / Balochistan

A religious scholar, identified as Qari Abdul
Basit, was shot dead by unidentified assailants on Kasi Road
area of the Quetta.

1

0

24

March 24

Malir City / Karachi / Sindh

Former President of Malir Bar Association Salahuddin
Jaffery (64), and his son, identified as Ali Raza Jaffery (35),
were shot dead in the fresh spate of sectarian target killing
within the jurisdiction of Malir City Police Station in Karachi.

2

0

25

March 28

Dasht / Mastung / Balochistan

Two people, identified as Jawad Ahmed and Khadem
Hussain, belonging to the Hazara community, were injured when
the car they were riding was attacked by unidentified assailants
in a suspected incidents of sectarian violence near Dasht area
in Mastung District.

0

2

26

March 29

Spiny Road / Quetta / Balochistan

At least five Hazaras were killed and seven
others injured when unidentified militants opened fire on their
car on Spiny Road in Quetta in a suspected sectarian attack.

5

7

27

April 3

Gilgit city / Gilgit-Baltistan

As many as 20 people lost their lives and another
55 were injured in a fresh wave of sectarian violence across
Gilgit-Baltistan, which erupted after clashes between ASWJ and
Police in which five persons were killed in Gilgit city.

20

55

28

April 3

Mecongi Road / Quetta / Balochistan

Two persons, Akbar Ali and Ali Raza, were shot
dead by unidentified assailants in an incident of sectarian
violence on Mecongi Road of Quetta, the provincial capital of
Balochistan.

2

0

29

April 6

Sector L-1 / Maymarabad Mosque / Surjani Town
/ Karachi / Sindh

A seminary teacher, Naeem Sheikh (55), was also
shot dead in an act of "sectarian" killing in Sector L-1 near
the Maymarabad Mosque in Surjani Town of Karachi in Sindh.

A prayer leader, Arif Ejaz Khan, was shot dead
outside a mosque situated in Akbar Baloch Goth in Steel Town
of Karachi in a drive-by shooting.

1

0

32

April 7

Ghazi Town of Karachi / Sindh

A seminary student, Mohammad Daud (17) was shot
dead in Ghazi Town of Karachi.

1

0

33

April 7

Lasbela Road / Karachi / Sindh

Sarwar Bahadur, a leader of the ASWJ, formerly
known as banned SSP, was injured when armed militants shot at
him on Lasbela Road of Karachi.

0

1

34

April 9

Prince Road / Quetta / Balochistan

Six Shia persons belonging to the Hazara community
were killed and three others were injured when armed militants
opened fire at a cobblers shop on Prince Road in Quetta.

6

3

35

April 12

Shahrah-e-Iqbal / Quetta / Balochistan

Unidentified militants opened fire on a tea
store on Shahrah-e-Iqbal area of Quetta, killing a man on the
spot and injuring the owner of the store identified as Sakhi
Dad.

1

0

36

April 12

Archer Road / Quetta / Balochistan

Armed assailants attacked another shop on Archer
Road of Quetta, killing two people belonging to the Hazara community,
Nor Ali and Nor Ahmed on the spot.

2

0

37

April 13

Sattar Road / Quetta / Balochistan

Targeted killings in Quetta continued as another
member of the Hazara community, identified as Mohammad Ali Hazara,
was shot dead by unidentified armed militants while he was sitting
outside a shop on Abdul Sattar Road after Friday prayers.

1

0

38

April 14

Killi Ibrahim Zai / Quetta / Balochistan

Unidentified assailants opened fire on a taxi,
killing six Shia persons of Hazara community on Brewery Road
in Killi Ibrahim Zai area of Quetta. Later, they shot and killed
another two Shias in a rickshaw in the same area.

8

0

39

April 15

Quivery Road / Quetta / Balochistan

Unidentified armed militants opened fire on
a tyre shop on Quivery Road in Quetta killing one Hazara, identified
as Salam Ali.

1

0

40

April 21

Brewery Road / Quetta / Balochistan

Two Shia Hazaras, Baban Ali and Hussain Ali,
were killed on Brewery Road of Quetta in Balochistan in a spate
of sectarian killing.

2

0

41

April 22

McCongy Road / Quetta / Balochistan

A man, identified as Sajjad Ali, belonging to
the Hazara community was shot at and injured on McCongy Road
in Quetta in a sectarian attack.

A Shia man and an activist of MQM, identified
as Mirza Sarfaraz (38), was shot dead by two unidentified armed
assailants near Chamcha Hotel in Orangi Town within the limits
of Orangi Town Police Station in Karachi.

1

0

45

May 10

Site B Police Station / Karachi / Sindh

A Shia man, Syed Zain Hassan (24), was shot
dead at Labour Square, Site within the jurisdiction of Site
B Police Station in Karachi.

1

0

46

May 13

Rangoonwala Hall / Dhoraji / Karachi / Sindh

Four unidentified armed assailants attacked
prominent Deobandi religious leader and scholar Maulana Aslam
Sheikhupuri's car in a sectarian target killing near the Rangoonwala
Hall in Dhoraji area killing him and his driver.

2

2

47

May 13

Bhutto Nagar / Karachi / Sindh

Two dead bodies of Hazara men, identified as
Bahadur Khan (36) and Shay Shah Faisal, were found in Bhutto
Nagar area.

2

0

48

May 15

Inquiry Office / Nazimabad / Karachi / Sindh

A Shia man, identified as Syed Mehdi Raza (32),
was killed in a targeted sectarian attack near the Inquiry Office
in Nazimabad area while he was going to offer prayers at Jamia
Imamia Imambargah.

1

0

49

May 15

Regional passport office / Joint Road / Quetta
/ Balochistan

Two brothers belonging to Hazara community,
identified as Muhammad Tahir and Muhammad Qadir, were shot dead
in front of the regional passport office on Joint Road in Quetta.

2

0

50

May 17

Sardar Karez / Quetta / Balochistan

Two Police constables, Ghulam Murtaza and Sanaullah,
belonging to Shia sect, were shot dead and another two, ASI
Muhammad Hussain and Constable Deen Muhammad, were injured in
a targeted sectarian attack in the Sardar Karez area of Eastern
Bypass in Quetta.

2

2

51

May 24

Killi Chakar / Sariab Road / Quetta / Balochistan

A member of the Shia Hazara community, identified
as Amir Muhammad, was killed in Killi Chakar area of Sariab
Road in Quetta.

1

0

52

May 28

Charkhel / Parachinar / Kurram Agency / FATA

Three Shias were killed and another six injured
when unidentified militants ambushed a Peshawar-bound bus in
Charkhel village of Parachinar in Kurram Agency.

3

6

53

May 30

Hariana Colony / Orangi Town / Karachi / Sindh

Two Shias, identified as Syed Mehdi Raza (35)
and Ahmer Raza (22), were killed in a sectarian target killing
in the Hariana Colony of Orangi Town in Karachi of Sindh.

3

0

54

May 30

Joint Road / Quetta / Balochistan

A man belonging to Hazara community, identified
as Ali Muhammad, was shot dead near a roadside hotel on Joint
Road in Quetta in a sectarian attack.

1

0

55

June 2

Sariab Road / Quetta / Balochistan

Unidentified militants killed a person of the
Hazara community, Muhammad Ali, and another injured near a bus
stop on Sariab Road in Quetta.

1

0

56

June 3

Essa Khan Road / Quetta / Balochistan

At least six persons, including four Shias and
a policeman, were killed and another Policeman injured when
a group of unidentified assailants attacked a welding shop on
Essa Khan Road in Quetta of Balochistan.

6

1

57

June 7

Ayesha Manzil / Azizabad PS / Karachi

One Adnan (26) was killed in an act of sectarian
killing at Ayesha Manzil in the limits of Azizabad Police Station
in Karachi while he was going to Madni Mosque with his friend
Tahir.

1

0

58

June 11

Dringarh / Mastung / Balochistan

At least six people were killed and over two
dozen people were injured when a remote-controlled bomb hidden
in a motorcycle exploded near a bus in the Dringarh area of
Mastung District in a suspected sectarian attack.

6

24

59

June 18

Jinnah Town / Quetta / Balochistan

At least five students and one professor were
killed, while around 30 were injured when a powerful blast occurred
near an IT University located in Jinnah Town of Quetta, the
provincial capital of Balochistan. LeJ claimed the responsibility
for the attack. The bus was carrying Shia students.

7

30

60

June 28

Hazar Ganji / Quetta / Balochistan

At least 15 persons, including two policemen
and a woman, were killed and 30 others, including women and
children, sustained injuries in a suicide attack on a bus of
pilgrims coming from Iran, at Hazar Ganji area of Quetta.

16

30

61

July 4

Kuchlak / Quetta / Balochistan

At least three persons, including a local government
assistant director, were shot dead in a sectarian attack in
Kuchlak, some 25 kilometres from the provincial capital of Balochistan,
Quetta.

3

0

62

July 6

Musa Colony / Sariab
/ Quetta

A religious scholar, Maulvi Abdul Qasim, hailing
from Sunni school of thought was shot dead in Musa Colony in
Sariab locality in Quetta in a suspected incident of sectarian
killing.

1

0

63

July 11

Mian Gundi / Quetta / Balochistan

Two bodies, including that of an Imambargah
leader, were recovered in Mian Gundi area, an outskirt of Quetta,
the provincial capital of Balochistan. A slip was found from
one of the body in which LeJ claimed the responsibility of the
killings.

2

0

64

July 18

Spai / Orakzai Agency / FATA

At least 12 Shiite Muslims were killed when
a roadside bomb hit their minibus at Spai village in the Orakzai
Agency of FATA.

12

0

65

July 24

Shahwakshah Road / Quetta / Balochistan

One militant was killed in Quetta, the provincial
capital of Balochistan. Two unidentified armed militants opened
fire on the Deputy Director of Schools, Abrar Hussain, belonging
to the Shia Hazara community, injuring him and his colleague
on Shahwakshah Road, but despite having been hit by three bullets,
the officer retaliated and hit one of them with his car, killing
one militant on the spot.

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2

66

July 28

Quarry Road / Quetta / Balochistan

Unidentified militant opened fire on a veterinary
store at Quarry Road in Quetta and killed a veterinary doctor
identified as Dr Noor Ali, belonging to the Hazara community.

1

0

67

August 4

Killi Karak area / Mastung District

Unidentified assailants killed a prayer leader
of Killi Bacha Jama Mosque, Abdul Hakeem, at Killi Karak area
of Mastung District in Balochistan.

1

0

68

August 13

Saro Wano / Bajaur Agency
/ FATA

A member of a Tablighi Jamaat was killed and
another injured when unidentified assailants attacked them inside
a mosque in the border area of Saro Wano in Bajaur Agency of
FATA.

1

1

69

August 16

Lulusar / Manshera /
KP

Militants forced passengers
to step out of three buses in the Lulusar area of Manshera District
in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and shot dead 25 of them in an apparent
sectarian attack.

25

0

70

August 16

Arbab Karam Khan Road
/ Sariab / Quetta / Balochistan

As many as three Shias were shot dead on Arbab
Karam Khan Road in the Sariab Police Station area of Quetta,
the provincial capital of Balochistan.

3

0

71

August 17

Safari Park / University
Road / Karachi / Sindh

Two persons lost their lives and 18 others sustained
injuries after a roadside bomb went off when participants were
on their way to Youm-e-Quds rally near Safari Park on University
Road in Karachi, the provincial capital of Sindh.

2

18

72

August 17

Petal Wali Gali / Gulbahar
PS / Karachi / Sindh

A young man Abbas Raza, son of Aqeel Raza, belonging
to the Shia sect was gunned down in a targeted killing incident
in Petal Wali Gali within Gulbahar Police limits of Karachi.

1

0

73

August 18

Taqwa Mosque / Gulberg
/ Karachi / Sindh

Unidentified men barged into Taqwa Mosque in
Gulberg area of Karachi and shot injured two members Qari Asif
and Qari Shakirullah of the mosque committee who succumbed to
their injuries later.

2

0

74

August 18

Sector 5C-4 / North
Karachi / Karachi / Sindh

Three Deobandi were shot dead in Sector 5C-4
of North Karachi. Police said Maulana Muhammad Yahya, Faizan
Ilyas and Mujahid Aleem were sitting outside their house when
gunmen, riding motorcycles, opened fire on them.

3

0

75

August 18

Disco Mor / North Karachi
/ Karachi / Sindh

Armed motorcyclists opened fire at a teashop
in Disco Mor of North Karachi, killing five Deobandi. Police
said the victims were identified as Hafiz Syed Sharjeel Ali,
Noor Rasheed, Zahoor Ahmed, Shaukat and Atif Ali.

5

0

76

August18

Gulberg / Samanabad
PS / Karachi / Sindh

A Deobandi, identified as Qari Ahsan, was also
gunned down in Gulberg in the limits of Samanabad Police Station
in Karachi.

1

0

77

August 18

Baitul Mukaram Mosque
/ Aziz Bhatti PS / Karachi / Sindh

A man from the Deoband school of thought was
killed near Baitul Mukaram Mosque, in the vicinity of Aziz Bhatti
Police Station, in Karachi. Identity of the deceased could not
be ascertained until the filing of this report.

1

0

78

August 25

Rizvia Society / Rizvia
PS / Karachi

A Shia man, identified as Syed Faraz (25), affiliated
with MWM was killed at Rizvia Society within the limits of Rizvia
Police Station. Police suspected that he was killed over sectarian
bias.

1

0

79

August 25

Baldia Town / Baldia
PS / Karachi

A Policeman belonging to the Shia community,
identified as Gohar Abbas (48), was shot dead in Baldia Town
within the jurisdiction of Balida Police Station.

1

0

80

August 27

Killi Mubarak area /
Spiny Road / Quetta

Three men, identified as Habibullah, Muhammad
Ali and Mustafa, belonging to Hazara community were shot dead
and two others, including a two-year-old child passing by, sustained
critical injuries in a sectarian attack at Killi Mubarak Chowk
on Spiny Road in Quetta.

3

2

81

August 30

Munir Mengal Road /
Quetta

Three people, including a Session Judge, identified
as Zulfiqar Naqvi, his guard and driver were shot dead by unidentified
armed militants in a sectarian attack on Munir Mengal Road in
Quetta while he was going to his office.

3

0

82

September 1

Sabzi Mandi / Hazar
Ganji area / Quetta

Unidentified armed militants ambushed a vehicle
carrying five passengers and killed all of them near Sabzi Mandi
in Hazar Ganji area of the District.

5

0

83

September 1

Hazar Ganji / Quetta

Two Shias were shot dead by unidentified militants
in Hazar Ganji area of Quetta.

2

0

84

September 1

Quetta

Two Shia men were killed and 10 others were
injured while protesting against the killing of Shias in Quetta.

2

10

85

September 5

Kinrani Road / Quetta
/ Balochistan

A dentist, identified as Niamatullah, belonging
to Hazara-Shia community was killed when unidentified armed
militants opened indiscriminate fire on Shaukat Clinic on Kinrani
Road in Quetta. No group has claimed responsibility for the
killing.

1

0

86

September 6

Gulistan Colony / Karachi
/ Sindh

A Government schoolteacher belonging to the
Ahmadi community, identified as Abdul Ghaffar (35), was shot
dead in Gulistan Colony within the limits of Chakiwara Police
Station.

1

0

87

September 10

Kashmir Chowk / Parachinar
/ Kurram Agency

At least 15 Shias were killed and 40 others
injured in a suspected sectarian suicide attack in a crowded
Hamid Market in Kashmir Chowk area of Parachinar town, the headquarter
of Kurram Agency. There was no immediate claim of responsibility.

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88

September 18

Mastung / Balochistan

Three Shia Muslim pilgrims were killed and a
dozen wounded in a roadside bomb attack on a passenger bus carrying
in Mastung District. Six security personnel who were assigned
to provide security to the bus also received injuries.

3

18

89

September 18

North Nazimabad / Karachi / Sindh

At least seven people belonging to the Dawoodi
Bohra community were killed and 22 others injured in twin bomb
blasts on a road between two apartment buildings - Qasr-e-Kutbuddin
and Burhani Bagh - in Block C of North Nazimabad, commonly called
Bohra Compound.

7

22

90

September 22

Mehmoodabad / Karachi / Sindh

The former Ahmadi legislator, Malik Atta (60),
was shot dead in Mehmoodabad within the precincts of Baloch
Colony Police Station.

1

0

91

September 22

Orangi Town / Karachi

A Shia, identified as Ali Hassan (26), was shot
dead in Chishti Nagar within the vicinity of Orangi Town Police.

1

0

92

September 27

Double Road / Quetta

A Shia man, identified as Ghulam Shaki, was
shot dead by unidentified armed militants at a shop in Langove
Plaza in Double Road area of Quetta. He worked for Geological
Survey of Pakistan.

1

0

93

September 27

Goal Masjid / Satellite Town / Quetta

Another Shia man, identified as Gulab Shah,
was shot dead at a photocopy shop in Goal Masjid area of Satellite
Town in Quetta.

The caretaker of the Wali Hassan Imambargah,
Shabeer Hussain (40), was shot dead just outside the Imambargah
in North Karachi within the Bilal Colony Police jurisdiction

1

0

96

September 27

Tipu Sultan / Karachi

One ASWJ cadre, Maulana Kaleemullah, was shot
dead unidentified assailants in the Tipu Sultan area while he
was on his way home.

1

0

97

September 30

Anda Morr / New Karachi / Karachi

A supporter of ASWJ who was barber by profession,
identified as Sultan, was shot dead at his shop near Anda Morr
in New Karachi.

1

0

98

October 4

Nashter Road / Karachi / Sindh

The bullet-riddled dead body of a trustee of
the Imambargah Bara Imam, identified as Qamar Allah Ditta
(43), was found from his car on Nashter Road within the precincts
of Garden Police Station.

1

0

99

October 5

Landhi / Karachi / Sindh

A cadre of ST as well as Dawat-e-Islami, identified
as Fida Ali (23), was shot dead in Landhi within the limits
of Landhi Police Station.

1

0

100

October 7

Musa Colony / Quetta / Balochistan

A Shia man, identified as Muhammad Yaseen, was
sprayed with bullets by unidentified militants in Musa Colony
in Quetta. "The deceased belonged to the Shia community," Police
said.

1

0

101

October 8

Nazimabad / Karachi / Sindh

A Shia man, identified as Qamber Naqvi (30),
associated with MWM was shot dead in a sectarian attack at an
inquiry office in Nazimabad within the precincts of Rizvia Police
Station.

1

0

102

October 8

Orangi Town / Karachi / Sindh

A cadre of ASWJ died during treatment at the
Aga Khan Hospital. Police officials said that the victim was
injured in a targeted attack at his shop in Orangi Town on October
5, 2012.

1

0

103

October 12

Durrani / Kurram Agency / FATA

Three Shia students, including a girl who was
identified as Nabila, were injured when the vehicle carrying
them from Kohat to Parachinar came under attack near Durrani
area in Kurram Agency.

0

3

104

October 14

Sattar Road / Quetta / Balochistan

Unidentified armed militants shot dead two brothers
belonging to Shia community, Mohammad Ismail and Ishaq Islmail,
and injured three others in a sectarian attack on Sattar Road
in Quetta.

2

3

105

October 15

Mobina Town / Karachi / Sindh

Four cadres of ASWJ were shot dead within the
precincts of Mobina Town Police Station near Siddique-e-Akbar
mosque in Karachi.

4

0

106

October 15

Gulberg / Karachi / Sindh

A cadre of ASWJ, identified as Abdul Hannan
(29), was shot dead at his shop within the limits of Gulberg
Police Station in Gulbahar area.

1

0

107

October 15

Bilal Colony / Karachi / Sindh

A cadre of ST, identified as Usman Qadri alias
Lara, was shot dead at his party office under the jurisdiction
of Bilal Colony Police Station in New Karachi area.

1

0

108

October 16

Quetta / Balochistan

Four members of the Hazara community were shot
dead in a sectarian attack in the Kabari Market scrap market
of Quetta.

4

0

109

October 17

Qasba Colony / Karachi

A Shia man, identified as Ali Raza, was shot
dead near Imambargah in Qasba Colony.

1

0

110

October 19

Lahore / Balochistan

Unidentified armed militants shot dead a Senior
Lawyer and Shia activist Shakir Ali Rizvi near the Jain Mandir
area in Lahore District while he was heading to the Lahore High
Court with a colleague.

1

0

111

October 19

Gulistan-e-Jauhar / Karachi / Sindh

Three cadres of ASWJ and students of the
Darul Khair Madrassa in Gulistan-e-Jauhar, identified as
Qari Mujahid, Qari Azizur Rehman and Abdul Rauf, were shot dead
in a suspected sectarian attack on Abul Hasan Ispahani Road,
near the SUI Head Office.

3

0

112

October 19

Baldia Town / Karachi / Sindh

A man belonging to the Ahmadiyya community,
identified as Saad, was killed and his father, Farooq, brother,
Hamad, and uncle, Nusrat were injured while they were returning
home in a car from their worship place in Ghaus Nagar, Baldia
Town.

1

3

113

October 22

Khadda Market / Lyari / Karachi / Sindh

A Shia sport reporter of Janbaz Newspaper,
identified as Ali Raza, was shot dead within Baghdadi Police
remits at Khadda Market in Lyari area of Karachi.

1

0

114

October 24

Landikotal Chowrangi / Karachi / Sindh

A cadre of ASWJ, identified as Waheed, who was
injured in a targeted attack along with his brother Isamil on
October 23, 2012 near Landikotal Chowrangi succumbed to his
injuries.

1

0

115

October 24

Bandhani Colony / Karachi / Sindh

Two cadres of the ASWJ, Shafiq and Zubair, were
shot at and injured in a targeted attack at Bandhani Colony
in Karachi.

2

0

116

October 25

FB Area / Karachi / Sindh

At least five cadres of ASWJ were shot dead
in a sectarian attack at 'Gulzar-e-Habib' restaurant in FB Area
of Karachi.

5

0

117

October 29

Gulbahar / Karachi /
Sindh

In a sectarian attack, a man, identified as
Mehmood Abbas, was killed and his friend Ejaz was injured in
Gulbahar area.

1

1

118

October 29

Kalat Town / Kalat /
Balochistan

A prayer leader of Kalat civil hospital mosque,
identified as Qari Ziaullah, was shot dead in Kalat Town of
Kalat District.

1

0

119

October 31

Nazimabad / Karachi
/ Sindh

One Shabbir (54), belonging to Bohra community,
was shot dead in Nazimabad area of North Karachi.

1

0

120

November 3

Hyderabad city / Hyderabad
/ Sindh

Two men belonging to the Dawoodi Bohra community,
identified as Shabbir and his cousin Murtaza, were shot dead
and another brother Hatim was injured in an incident of target
killings near former Rahat cinema in Hyderabad city of Hyderabad
District.

2

1

121

November 6

Spiny Road / Quetta / Balochistan

In an incident of target killing three people
belonging to Shia Hazara community were killed and two others
injured when unidentified militants opened fire at a yellow
cab on Spiny Road area in Quetta.

3

2

122

November 6

Risala Road / Hyderabad District / Sindh

At least three more people, belonging to Bohra
community, were killed and three others sustained injuries when
unidentified militants opened fire at a shop on Risala Road
in Hyderabad District.

3

3

123

November 6

Sadar / Brigade PS / Karachi / Sindh

Two men belonging to Shiite community, identified
as Allama Agha Aftab Jaffery (42) and Mirza Shahid Ali were
shot dead in a sectarian attack near Parking Plaza, Sadar within
the precincts of Brigade Police Station in Karachi.

2

0

124

November 6

Liaquatabad / Karachi / Sindh

Two participants of Allama Jaffery's funeral
procession, identified as Ali Hassan and Qasim Ali, were killed
and five others, were wounded in firing by Rangers in Liaquatabad
Town

2

5

125

November 6

Bahadurabad Chowrangi / Karachi / Sindh

A cadre of ST, identified as Syed Mumtaz (40),
was shot dead in a targeted attack at his cosmetic shop at Al-Madina
market near Bahadurabad Chowrangi within the limits of New Town
Police Station.

1

0

126

November 7

Liaquatabad / Karachi

Three Shia men, identified as Faraz Haider,
Qasim Ali and Waseem Ali were killed in a sectarian attack in
Liaqutabad area of Karachi.

3

0

127

November 7

Baldia / SITE B / Karachi / Sindh

A man belonging to Shiite community, identified
as Shaban Ali (40), was shot dead at Haroonabad, Baldia area
within the precincts of SITE B Police Station.

1

0

128

November 7

North Nazimabad / Karachi / Sindh

One Sajjad Hussain Rizvi was killed while Jawwad
Hussain Rizvi received injuries when unidentified militants
opened fire on them at KDA Chowrangi, North Nazimabad within
the vicinity of North Nazimabad Police Station.

1

1

129

November 8

Pirabad / Karachi / Sindh

Two men belonging to Shiite sect were shot dead
at Orangi Town within the precincts of Pirabad Police Station

2

0

130

November 9

Arbab Khan Road / Quetta / Balochistan

A Hazara Shia, identified as Ghulam Raza, was
shot dead by unidentified armed assailants in a sectarian targeted
killing on Arbab Karam Khan Road in Quetta.

1

0

131

November 10

Mezan Chowk / Quetta / Balochistan

Three people from the Hazara community were
killed and one injured in an incident of target killing while
they were on their way home from Mezan Chowk in Quetta.

3

1

132

November 10

North Nazimabad / Karachi / Sindh

A cadre belonging to ASWJ was shot dead in North
Nazimabad. According to Police, Irfan was on his way when two
armed bikers shot him and escaped, killing him on the spot.

1

0

133

November 10

Gulshan-e-Iqbal area / Karachi / Sindh

At least six students from the Deoband school
of thought were killed and 14 others were injured while they
were sitting in a tea shop in the Gulshan-e-Iqbal area of Karachi.

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14

134

November 11

Kuchlak / Quetta / Balochistan

A prayer leader was injured by unidentified
militants in Kuchlak area of Quetta.

1

0

135

November 11

Orangi Town / Karachi / Sindh

Three Shias were shot dead and another was injured
by unidentified armed assailants near Islam Chowk in Orangi
Town in Karachi.

3

0

136

November 11

Soldier Bazaar / Karachi / Sindh

A Shia person was shot dead by unidentified
armed assailants within the Soldier Bazaar Police Station.

A prayer leader, identified as Haroon, was killed
inside a mosque at Sultanabad in Manghopir area.

1

0

139

November 12

Machh Bazaar / Bolan District

Three persons belonging to the Hazara community
were killed, while two others sustained injuries in Machh Bazaar
of Bolan District in Balochistan.

3

2

140

November 12

Gulshan-e-Iqbal / Karachi

A member of the clergy affiliated with ASWJ
was killed at Disco Bakery, within the precincts of Gulshan-e-Iqbal
Police Station in Karachi, Sindh.

1

0

141

November 12

North Karachi / Karachi

An cadre of the ASWJ, identified as Muhammad
Irfan, was shot dead in Sector 5B-1 of North Karachi within
the limits of Khawja Ajmair Nagri Police Station in Karachi,
Sindh.

1

0

142

November 14

Nishtar Road / Karachi

A prayer leader who was a supporter of ASWJ,
identified as Imran (25), was shot dead at Nishtar Road within
the precincts of Jamshed Quarter Police Station in Karachi,
Sindh.

1

0

143

November 14

Dhorajee Colony / Karachi

A Deobandi seminary teacher, identified as Maulana
Samiullah (33), was shot dead in a sectarian attack while he
was going somewhere after offering Asr prayer at Dhorajee Colony
within the precincts of Bahadurabad Police Station in Karachi,
Sindh.

1

0

144

November 14

Korangi / Karachi

A man affiliated with Tablighi Jama'at, identified
as Aslam (28), was killed while he was returning home after
work in Korangi area within the limits of Korangi Police Station
in Karachi, Sindh.

1

0

145

November 14

Orangi Town / Karachi

A Shia teenage boy, Shaujat Ali Naqvi (18),
was shot dead in a suspected a sectarian attack near the Toori
Bangash Police kiosk at Raja Taveer Colony in Orangi Town of
Karachi, the capital of Sindh.

1

0

146

November 15

Mengalaband / Quetta

Two Hazara Shias, identified as Zakir and Ibrahim,
were injured when militants opened fire on them at Western Bypass
near Mengalabad area in Quetta, Balochistan.

0

2

147

November 16

Kirani Road / Quetta

A Hazara Shia, identified as Jalil, was killed
in a sectarian attack on Kirani road in Quetta, the provincial
capital of Balochistan.

1

0

148

November 16

Hazarganj / Quetta

A Hazara Shia was injured in a target attack
in Hazargangi area of Quetta while he was going home from the
vegetable market.

0

1

149

November 18

Abbas Town / Karachi

At least three persons, identified as Azhar
Ali, Irfan Lai and Anwer, were killed and 12 others were injured
when a five-kilogramme IED planted on a motorbike, exploded
near an Imambargah Mustafa in Abbas Town, within the
Mobina Town Police Station in Karachi, Sindh.

3

12

150

November 21

Rawalpindi / Punjab

At least 20 mourners, including two minors,
were killed and more than 30, including three Police personnel
and five children, were wounded in a suicide blast at a mourning
procession taken out from the Imambargah Qasar-e-Shabbir in
Dhok Syedan area on Misrial Road in Rawalpindi District.

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30

151

November 21

Orangi Town / Karachi / Sindh

At least three persons, including a suicide
bomber, were killed and 11 others were injured in two bomb blasts
near the Haider-e-Karrar Imambargah in Orangi Town area within
Peerabad Police Station of Karachi.

3

11

152

November 23

Swat / KP

A prayer leader of a local mosque, identified
as Maulana Muhammad Hussain, was shot dead in a targeted attack
in Khwazakhela area of Swat District.

1

0

153

November 23

Lakki Marwat / KP

A suicide bomber blew himself up near a Shia
gathering worship place in Lakki Marwat town of the same District
injuring two Policemen.

1

2

154

November 23

Mardan / KP

A shrine was blown up by militants in the Takhtbhai
area of Mardan District. However, no casualties were reported.

0

0

155

November 24

Dera Ismail / KP

Eight persons were killed and 30 others were
injured in a remote-controlled bomb blast near a Muharram procession
in the Dera Ismail Khan District.

8

30

156

November 25

Khairpur District / Sindh

A person, identified as Noor Mohammad (28),
was killed and three others were injured in an attack by armed
assailants, outside an Imambargah in Kolab Jeeal town of Khairpur
District.

1

3

157

November 28

Quetta / Balochistan

A Hazara Shia, identified as Hussain Ali Hazara,
was shot dead by unidentified armed assailants on Circular Road
in Quetta. No group claimed responsibility of the incident.

1

0

158

November 28

Gulbahar / Karachi / Sindh

A trustee of a Jamia Imamia Imambargah
from Shiite community, identified as Hassan Mohsin (70), was
shot dead by two unidentified armed assailants in Nazimabad
area within the precincts of Gulbahar Police Station in Karachi.

1

0

159

November 30

Ferozabad / Karachi / Sindh

A Shia man, identified as Nazar Abbas (45),
was killed and his daughter was injured by unidentified armed
assailants near Jail Chowrangi within the precincts of Ferozabad
Police Station

1

1

160

November 30

Baldia Town / Karachi / Sindh

Two Shia persons, a father, identified as Ghulam
Qadir (63), and his son, identified as Ghulam Abbas (32), were
shot dead in Yousuf Goth, Baldia Town, within the limits of
Saeedabad Police Station.

2

0

161

November 30

Green Town / Karachi / Sindh

A Shia person, identified as Riaz Hussain (48)
was killed and another identified as Mehdi Shah (40) was injured
near an Imambargah in Green Town.

1

0

162

December 4

Airport Road / Askari
Park / Quetta / Balochistan

A man, Ashfaq was killed and his brother was
injured on Airport Road near Askari Park in Quetta. The victims
belonged to the Shia Hazara community.

The Balochistan Government's public relations
Director and two Policemen were shot dead near Shahrah-i-Iqbal
area of Quetta, the provincial capital of Balochistan in the
morning. The LeJ claimed responsibility for the killings.

3

1

165

December 20

Thanvi Masjid / Lines Area / Brigade PS / Karachi
/ Sindh

The dead body of Ashiq Abbas (45), a Shia community
member was found near Thanvi Masjid in Lines Area of Brigade
Police Station in Karachi.

1

0

166

December 23

Shah Faisal colony / Shah Faisal colony PS /
Karachi / Sindh

A Shia trader, identified as Azmat Ali, was
killed inside the area of Shah Faisal Colony within the limits
of Shah Faisal colony Police Station.

1

0

167

December 24

Nazimabad No 2 / Karachi / Sindh

Three Shia traders were killed within a couple
of minutes in Nazimabad No 2 of Karachi.

3

0

168

December 24

North Karachi / Karachi / Sindh

A Sunni prayer leader was gunned down outside
a mosque in North Karachi town of Karachi in sectarian killing.

1

0

169

December 25

Moti Mahal / Gulshan-e-Iqbal / Karachi / Sindh

Information Secretary of the ASWJ, Maulana Aurangzeb
Farooqi, survived an armed attack at Moti Mahal of Gulshan-e-Iqbal
area of Karachi in which his driver, a private security guard
and four Policemen were killed.

6

0

170

December 25

Orangi Town / Karachi / Sindh

Two cadre of ASWJ were killed by unidentified
armed assailants in Orangi Town of Karachi.

2

0

171

December 25

Raees Amrohi Colony / Orangi Town / Karachi
/ Sindh

A Shia man, identified as Shahid Hussain (28)
was killed in his vegetable stall in Raees Amrohi Colony in
Orangi Town of Karachi.

1

0

172

December 25

Gulshan-e-Hadeed / Karachi / Sindh

A cadre of the ASWJ was injured in firing by
the Law Enforcers in Gulshan-e-Hadeed of Karachi.

0

1

173

December 30

RCD Highway / Dringer / Mastung / Balochistan

A car bomb exploded near a convoy of buses taking
Shia pilgrims to Iran, killing 20 persons and injuring 25, on
the RCD Highway in the Dringer area in Mastung District of Balochistan.

20

25

Total

507

552

Year 2011

Month

Incidents

Killed

Injured

January

2

11

85

February

0

0

0

March

2

24

14

April

1

51

92

May

4

21

42

June

2

4

9

July

4

21

0

August

2

15

28

September

3

32

3

October

1

14

5

November

3

4

11

December

6

6

8

TOTAL

30

203

297

Sectarian Violence in Pakistan 2011

S.N.

Date

Place / District

Incidents

killed

Injured

1

January 13

Moosa Lane / Karachi / Sindh

A Shia man, identified as Anwar
Raza, was killed in an incident of sectarian target killing
at Moosa Lane of Karachi.

1

0

2

January 25

Ghora Chowk / Urdu Bazaar / Lahore / Punjab

A suicide bomber struck at the Ghora Chowk in
the Urdu Bazaar area of Lahore, the Provincial Capital of Punjab,
killing at least 10 people, including a woman and three Policemen,
and injured at least 85 others.

10

85

3

March 13

Mamo Khwar / Hangu / KP

In a suspected sectarian attack,
11 passengers were killed and another six injured when unidentified
militants intercepted a passenger coach in Mamo Khwar area of
Hangu District in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

11

6

4

March 25

Chapari / Kurram Agency / FATA

At least 13 passengers were
killed and eight injured, while around 33 were abducted by suspected
militants in an attack on a convoy of passenger vehicles in
the Kurram Agency of FATA. The area where the attack took place
is situated five kilometres from the Chapari check-post, inside
Kurram Agency.

13

8

5

April 3

Dera Ghazi
Khan / Punjab

At least 51 persons were killed and more than
92 injured when two suicide bombers blew themselves up outside
the shrine of Sufi saint Ahmed Sultan, popularly known as Sakhi
Sarwar, in Dera Ghazi Khan District of Punjab.

51

92

6

May 06

Hazara town / Quetta / Balochistan

Unidentified militants today fired rockets on
a group of Shia Muslims in Quetta, killing at least eight and
injuring 15 others.

8

15

7

May 18

Killi Kamalo / Quetta / Balochistan

At least seven Shia people, including a passerby
girl, were killed and six others sustained bullet injuries in
an attack near Killi Kamalo area of Quetta.

7

6

8

May 25

Balishkhel / Kurram Agency / FATA

Four persons were killed and 18 others received
injuries in the Balishkhel area of Upper Kurram Agency of FATA
ahead of ceasefire agreement between the warring tribes of Shia
and Sunni sects.

4

18

9

May 29

Spiny Road / Quetta / Balochistan

Two Shia Policemen were killed and three other
people, including a woman and a Sub-Inspector of the CID were
injured in a sectarian attack on Spiny Road in Quetta.

2

3

10

June 2

Orangi Town / Karachi

A Shia activist of the MQM, identified as Sadaqat
Hussain, was shot dead in a sectarian attack in Orangi Town
of Karachi.

1

0

11

June 22

Akhtarabad / Quetta / Balochistan

Three Shia people were killed and nine others
got injured when four armed militants fired at a bus carrying
Shia pilgrims to Iran in Akhtarabad area of Quetta.

3

9

12

July 10

Qambrani Road / Quetta / Balochistan

Three persons, belonging to Shia community,
were shot dead while coming from Qambrani Road in Quetta.

3

0

13

July 16

Parachinar / Kurram Agency / FATA

Unidentified militants ambushed a bus carrying
Sunni Muslims and killed all 10 passengers near Parachinar town
of Kurram Agency in FATA

10

0

14

July 28

Pishin / Quetta / Balochistan

A prayer leader of Jamia Albadar mosque, identified
as Abdul Karim Mengal, was shot dead by unidentified militants
in Pishin area of Quetta.

1

0

15

July 29

Taftan bus terminal / Saryab Road / Quetta /
Balochistan

LeJ militants killed at least seven people,
including four Shias, waiting to travel to Mashhad in Iran,
at Taftan bus terminal on Saryab Road.

7

0

16

August 28

Darya Khan / Bhakkar / Punjab

Unidentified assailants shot dead three youths
and injured six others in a suspected sectarian killing at a
billiard club in Darya Khan Town of Bhakkar District in Punjab.

The LeJ militants shot dead 26 Shia pilgrims
travelling to Taftan, a town that shares border with Iran, in
Ganjidori area of Mastung District and Quetta city of Balochistan.

26

0

19

September 20

Quetta /Balochistan

Unidentified gunmen killed three Shias on the
outskirts of Quetta whom Police said were relatives of victims
of the Shia pilgrims, who were killed in Ganjidori area of Mastung
District.

3

0

20

September 23

Sibi Road / Sayrab / Quetta / Balochistan

Three people from the Hazara community were
killed and three others, including a child, sustained injuries
when a passenger van was attacked by unidentified assailants
on Sibi Road in Sayrab area of the provincial capital of Balochistan,
Quetta.

3

3

21

October 4

Akhtarabad area / Quetta / Balochistan

At least 12 people of Hazara community were
killed and seven seriously injured after unknown militants fired
indiscriminately at a bus in Akhtarabad area of Quetta in Balochistan.
The death toll of the sectarian attack on the Hazara community
rose to 14.

14

5

22

November 25

North Nazimabad PS / Karachi / Sindh

A Shia man, identified as Ghulam Hussain, was
shot dead in a sectarian attack at his shop within the limits
of North Nazimabad Police Station of Karachi by unidentified
armed assailants.

1

0

23

November 27

Numaish Chowrangi / Karachi

Two SF personnel, identified as Zain-ul-Abideen
and Azhar Hussain were shot dead and 11 others wounded when
some participants of a protest rally organized by SSP opened
indiscriminate fire on Shia camps at Numaish Chowrangi area
while returning from Karachi Press Club in Karachi.

2

11

24

November 27

Metro Cinema / Orangi Town / Karachi

A Shia man, identified as Raza, was shot dead
near Metro Cinema in the precincts of Orangi Town Police Station.

1

0

25

December 3

Dawood Chowrangi / Quaidabad PS / Karachi

An activist of the ASWJ, formerly known as SSP,
was shot dead near Dawood Chowrangi within the precincts of
Quaidabad Police Station. The deceased, identified as Mohammad
Fayyaz, was going home on a bus when unidentified armed men
on a motorcycle opened fire on him through bus window, killing
him on the spot.

1

0

26

December 3

Chenesar Goth / Tipu Sultan PS / Karachi

A man was shot dead near his house at Chenesar
Goth within the limits of Tipu Sultan Police Station. The deceased
was identified as Shahid Raza.

1

0

27

December 21

Shah Faisal Colony / Jamia Farooqia / Karachi
/ Sindh

One person was killed and seven others were
injured in sectarian violence during 25th Muharram procession
in Shah Faisal Colony near Jamia Farooqia in Karachi.

1

7

28

December 27

Sajjadia Imambargah / Orangi / Mominabad PS
/ Karachi / Sindh

A man, identified as Nayyar Abbas, belonging
to the Shia sect was shot dead near Sajjadia Imambargah in Orangi
Town within the limits of Mominabad Police Station in Karachi.

1

0

29

December 27

Gulbahar PS / Karachi / Sindh

A Pesh Imam (present prayer leader) of Lal Masjid,
Gulbahar, and caretaker of the seminary, identified as Maulana
Abdus Samad Soomro, was shot dead in an act of target killing
within the remit of Gulbahar Police Station in Karachi.

1

0

30

December 31

Rashid Minhas Road / Gulshan-e-Iqbal PS / Karachi

A Shia leader of the Pasban-e-Jaffaria, Askari
Raza, was killed and his companion, Ali Mehdi, was injured in
an assault on Rashid Minhas Road within the limits of Gulshan-e-Iqbal
Police Station in Karachi.

1

1

Total

203

297

Year 2010

Month

Incidents

Killed

Injured

January

1

1

0

February

2

2

1

March

6

38

117

April

2

70

111

May

8

111

116

June

7

8

0

July

6

77

200

August

4

6

9

September

8

117

446

October

5

27

87

November

1

1

0

December

7

51

84

TOTAL

57

509

1170

Sectarian Violence in Pakistan 2010

S.N.

Date

Place / District

Incidents

killed

Injured

1

January 5

Ferozewala area
/ Karachi / Sindh

An Ahmadi leader
Muhammad Yousaf (70) was shot dead allegedly for seeking Police
protection against sectarian zealots in Ferozewala Police Station
area of Karachi.

1

0

2

February 22

Yakatoot / Peshawar
/ Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

A prominent member
of the Shia community was shot dead while his friend sustained
injuries when unidentified attackers opened fire on them in
Yakatoot area of Peshawar in NWFP.

1

1

3

February 27

Dhaki More / Dera
Ismail Khan / Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

Unidentified gunmen
opened fire on a religious procession in the Dhaki More neighbourhood
of Dera Ismail Khan District of NWFP, killing a person and wounding
several others.

1

NS

4

March 1

Paharpur / Dera
Ismail Khan / Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

Seven people were
killed and 44 others injured in sectarian violence in Dera Ismail
Khan area of NWFP.

7

44

5

March 5

Tull / Hangu /
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

12, including four
women, were killed and 33 others injured when a suicide bomber
targeted a Parachinar-bound civilian convoy carrying Shia passengers
in Tull area of Hangu in NWFP.

12

33

6

March 08

Sariab Road / Quetta
/ Balochistan

A gunman was shot
dead by the Police in the Kashmirabad area near Sariab Road
in Quetta. According to the Sariab Police sources, the attacker
identified as Noorul Haq was firing at the Imambargah when the
Police arrived.

1

0

7

March 11

Nazimabad / Karachi
/ Sindh

An attempt was
also made on Maulana Abdul Ghafoor Nadeem, a leader of the SSP,
in which he was injured, while his son lost his life. Maulana
Ghafoor Nadeem was shot at on his way to the city courts near
Annu Bhai Park in Nazimabad in Karachi.

1

5

8

March 11

Sohrab Goth / Karachi
/ Sindh

The noted religious
leader and chief of the Aalmi Majlis-e-Tahafuza-e-Khatam-e-Naboowat
(AMTKN), Mufti Saeed Jalalpuri, was shot dead along with three
associates in Karachi.

4

0

9

March 16

Civil hospital
/ Quetta / Balochistan

A suicide bomber
blew himself up in a suspected sectarian attack inside civil
hospital in Quetta, killing 11 persons and injuring 35 others.
Sources said unidentified assailants riding a motorcycle killed
Ashraf Zaidi, the son of the chief of the Shia Conference Balochistan.
Hundreds of people, including a local parliamentarian and dozens
of journalists, rushed to the hospital where the body was lying.
As the crowd gathered at the casualty ward, a suicide bomber
blew himself up.

13

35

10

April 17

Kacha Pakka / Kohat
/ Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

Two burqa-clad
suicide bombers targeted a crowd of IDP waiting to get them
registered and receive relief goods at the Kacha Pakka IDP camp
on the outskirts of Kohat in NWFP, killing at least 44 and injuring
more than 70. The Lashkar-e-Jhangvi’s Al-Aalmi faction claimed
responsibility for the bombings, and cited the presence of Shias
at the IDP camp as the reason for the attack.

46

70

11

April 19

Qissa Khawani Bazaar
/ Peshawar / Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

At least 24 people
were killed and 41 others injured in twin bombings hours apart
at a school and a crowded market in Peshawar, the provincial
capital of NWFP. Police suspect the bomber mainly targeted DSP
Hussain because he belonged to the Shia sect.

24

41

12

May 10

Mominabad / Karachi
/ Sindh

A doctor was shot
dead in suspected sectarian attack in Karachi of Sindh. The
victim, Haider Abbas, was on his way to the AKM Specialist Hospital
in Mominabad in his car when two persons on a motorcycle fired
at him, killing him on the spot.

Two persons were
killed and 15 others injured in a bomb explosion at the Airport
Road in Quetta in Balochistan in a suspected sectarian attack.
In a statement issued soon after the blast, the Shia Ulema Council
claimed that the main target was renowned Shia scholar Allama
Najfi who remained unhurt.

2

15

15

May 28

Model Town and
Garhi Shahu / Lahore / Punjab

At least 80 worshippers
killed and 92 others injured as seven assailants including three
suicide bomber attacked Ahmadiyya place of worship in Model
Town and Garhi Shahu areas of Lahore in Punjab.

100

92

16

May 28

Satellite Town
/ Quetta / Balochistan

Unidentified militants
killed four Policemen in Satellite Town area of Quetta in Balochistan.
LeJ claimed responsibility for the attack.

4

0

17

May 28

Orangi / Karachi
/ Sindh

A person belonging
to the Shia community was killed and some others were wounded
in a clash between two rival sects at Islam Chowk in Orangi
Town of Karachi in Sindh.

1

NS

18

May 31

Mezan Chowk / Quetta
/ Balochistan

Unidentified assailants
shot dead a prayer leader and his companion at Taughi Road near
Mezan Chowk in Quetta of Balochistan.

2

0

19

May 31

Awami Colony /
Karachi / Sindh

Nine persons were
injured in a clash in Sector 19 of Awami Colony in Karachi in
Sindh.

0

9

20

June 1

Nazimabad / Karachi
/ Sindh

A person belonging
to Shia community, Asif Raza Rizvi (42), was killed in an alleged
sectarian targeted killing near the Inquiry Office at Nazimabad
of Karachi City in Sindh.

1

0

21

June 3

Railway Colony
/ Karachi

A doctor, identified
as Hassan Hyder, belonging to the Shia sect was shot dead by
unidentified assailants near the Railway Colony of Karachi.

1

0

22

June 5

Gulbahar / Karachi
/ Sindh

In a suspected
sectarian attack, unidentified assailants riding a motorcycle
shot dead a SSP cadre, Shehzad (25), in Petal Wali Gali under
Gulbahar Police Station area of Karachi in Sindh in the night.

1

0

23

June 9

Karachi / Sindh

A person belonging
to the Shia community was shot dead at Karachi in Sindh in the
continuing wave of sectarian violence in the city. The victim
was identified as Shahzad Raza Rizvi.

1

0

24

June 12

Karachi / Sindh

Two persons were
shot dead in two sectarian targeted attacks at Karachi in Sindh
and violence continued for the third consecutive day, sparking
riots in various parts of the city.

2

0

25

June 14

Mobina Town / Karachi
/ Sindh

A leader of the
SSP was shot dead by two unidentified assailants in the Mobina
Town Police limits at Karachi in Sindh.

1

0

26

June 17

Karachi / Sindh

A doctor was shot
dead in a sectarian attack in Karachi in Sindh. According to
eyewitness accounts, the victim identified as Dr Zahid Hussain
was in his car when unidentified assailants opened fire on him
and managed to escape from the incident site. He was rushed
to Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre where doctors pronounced
him dead.

1

0

27

July 1

Data Gunj Bakhsh
/ Lahore / Punjab

At least 40 persons
were killed and 175 others injured when three suicide attackers
blew themselves up inside the shrine of Lahore’s patron saint
Syed Ali Hajwairi popularly known as Data Gunj Bakhsh, at about
11 pm (PST) in the night.

44

175

28

July 1

Khokhrapar / Karachi
/ Sindh

A cadre of the
SSP, Qari Noor Muhammad (35), was shot dead in Khokhrapar Police
Station area of Karachi. Sources said Qari Noor Muhammad, a
Pesh-Imam of a mosque, and his friend Muneer (35), received
bullet wounds when four assailants riding on two motorcycles
opened fire at them while they were sitting outside the mosque.

1

1

29

July 2

Saryab / Quetta
/ Balochistan

Unidentified assailants
killed a Shia scholar, Ali Muhammad, in a suspected sectarian
attack in Saryab area of Quetta in Balochistan. Ali Muhammad,
president of the Kashmirabad Imambargah, was walking in a street
close Shahjee chowk when the assailants opened fire at him,
killing him on the spot.

1

0

30

July 16

Char Khel / Kurram
Agency / FATA

At least 18 persons
were killed while four others sustained critical injuries as
their vehicles were ambushed by unidentified militants in Char
Khel locality of Kurram Agency in FATA. A caravan, comprising
Shia passenger vehicles, was heading to Peshawar from Para Chanar,
a central place in Kurram Agency. The victims are believed to
be hailing from Para Chanar, sources said.

18

4

31

July 18

Sargodha / Punjab

Three persons were
killed and more than 20 others were injured when a suicide bomber
blew himself up outside an Imambargah in Sargodha town of Punjab
in the evening. The target was Darululoom Muhammadia Imambargah,
witnesses said. Tariq Abbas, who was injured in the blast, said
when worshippers were coming out after Maghrib prayers, a youth
tried to enter the Imambargah compound. When a guard stopped
him, the teenage suicide bomber blew himself up.

3

20

32

July 29

Sanghbakht / Kurram
Agency / FATA

At least 10 persons
were killed and their houses set ablaze in sectarian violence
in the Sanghbakht village of Kurram Agency. Local residents
said that men of the Shia sect carried out the attack.

10

0

33

August 11

Tariq Road / Karachi
/ Sindh

A Shia person,
Zakir Hussain (24), was shot dead by unidentified assailants
riding a motorcycle in sectarian attack near the Madni Mosque
in the Tariq Road area of Karachi in Sindh.

2

0

34

August 14

Hirabad / Sindh

A woman, Sabra,
and a boy, Dilshad, were killed and eight other persons injured
in a clash between two sectarian groups in Hirabad town in Sindh
in the night.

2

8

35

August 16

Shalimar Park /
Nazimabad / Karachi / Sindh

Khadim Hussain
(37), the son of Shia Action Committee chief and MWM central
leader Maulana Mirza Yousuf Hussain, was shot dead in a sectarian
attack near the Shalimar Park in the Nazimabad locality of Karachi.

1

1

36

August 17

Nishtar Road /
Nabi Bux / Karachi / Sindh

A prayer leader
Mufti Furqan (50), son of Babu Ansari, belonging to the Deobandi
sect, was shot dead by unidentified assailants while he was
heading home in Marwari Mohalla on his motorcycle near Sabri
Masjid on Nishtar Road under Nabi Bux Police Station in Karachi.

1

0

37

September 1

Karbala Gamay Shah
/ Data Darbar / Lahore / Punjab

43 persons were
killed and another 233 injured in two suicide attacks and one
grenade attack on a Shia procession marking Hazrat Ali’s martyrdom
in Lahore. LeJ Al-alami claimed responsibility for the three
attacks that occurred minutes apart in Bhaati Gate locality
of Lahore. The mourning procession was in its last stages and
was about to end at Karbala Gamay Shah near Data Darbar, when
the terrorists stuck.

43

230

38

September 1

Empress Market
/ Karachi / Sindh

At least seven
persons including a Police constable sustained minor injuries
when unidentified assailants in a building near Empress Market
of Karachi, the provincial capital of Sindh, opened fire near
the main Youm-e-Ali procession at 5:30 pm (PST).

0

7

39

September 2

Pidrak / Turbat
/ Balochistan

Two civilians were
killed and eight others injured when unidentified assailants
opened fire on a passenger bus carrying Shia pilgrims in Pidrak
area near Turbat in Balochistan. According to reports, a passenger
bus coming from Sindh was attacked near Pidrak area, a town
close to Turbat city.

2

8

40

September 3

Mezan Chowk / Quetta
/ Balochistan

At least 67 persons
were killed while over 200 others were injured after a suicide
bomber blew himself up amidst participants of a rally held to
mark the Al-Quds Day in Mezan Chowk of Quetta.

67

190

41

September 3

Muslimabad / Mardan
/ Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

At least one person
was killed, while four others were injured in a suicide attack
on a worship place of the Ahmedis in Muslimabad area of Mardan,
the main town of Mardan District, in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

1

4

42

September 19

Old Golimar Chowrangi
/ Karachi / Sindh

A person belonging
to the Shia community was killed in the Rizvia Police Station
area in Karachi, the province capital of Sindh. DSP said the
victim, identified as 37-year-old Tanveer Abbas, was at Old
Golimar Chowrangi area when two unidentified assailants on a
motorcycle shot him dead and managed to escape.

1

0

43

September 27

Gulshan-e-Hadeed / Karachi / Sindh

A person belonging
to the Shia community, identified as Zaheer Abbas, was shot
dead in a suspected sectarian attack near his house in Gulshan-e-Hadeed
area of Karachi.

1

0

44

October 7

Abdullah Shah Ghazi / Clifton / Karachi / Sindh

Nine persons, including
two children, were killed and over 65 others sustained injuries
when two suicide bombers blew themselves up at the shrine of
Abdullah Shah Ghazi in the Clifton area of Karachi in Sindh.

12

65

45

October 14

Loy Shelman / Parang Dra / Landikotal / Khyber
Agency / FATA

Unidentified militants
blew up the shrine of Syed Muhammad Shah at Loy Shelman, near
Parang Dra in Landikotal of Khyber Agency in FATA.

0

0

47

October 22

Pishtakhara
/ Peshawar / Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

An IED, detonated
through a remote control, killed five persons and injured 22
others inside a mosque in Pishtakhara suburb of Peshawar, the
provincial capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

5

22

48

October 25

Baba Farid Shrine / Pakpattan / Punjab

A bomb explosion at the eastern
gate of the Baba Farid Shrine in Pakpattan District of Punjab
killed at least six persons, including three women and injuring
several others.

6

NS

49

October 28

Quetta / Balochistan

Four Shia persons were shot
dead by unidentified assailants in Quetta, the provincial capital
of Balochistan.

4

0

50

November 29

Mehmoodabad / Karachi / Sindh

A Shia leader, Nayyar Zaidi
(50), the president of Pasban-e-Aza, was shot dead by unidentified
assailants in a suspected sectarian attack in Mehmoodabad area
of Karachi, the provincial capital of Sindh.

1

0

51

December 8

Tirah bazaar / Kohat / Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

At least 19 persons were killed and 32 others
were injured when a suicide bomber blew up a passenger van at
a bus stand in Tirah bazaar when people were returning home
in Lower Orakzai Agency from the bazaar.

20

32

52

December 10

Pas Kalay / Hangu / Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

At least 17 persons were killed and over 20
others were injured in a suspected sectarian attack when a suicide
bomber rammed his explosives-laden vehicle into an under-construction
hospital in the in Pas Kalay area of Hangu District in Khyber
Pakhtunkhwa.

18

20

53

December
14

Badbher /
Peshawar / Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

Three caretakers
of Ghazi Baba shrine, identified as Mohammad Ali, Ghazi and
Aslam Khan, were shot dead by militants in Badbher area of Peshawar,
the provincial capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa at about 2am (PST).

3

0

54

December
15

Arbab Karam
Khan Road / Quetta / Balochistan

Three persons,
including two brothers and a child, were shot dead and another
sustained bullet injures in an incident of sectarian attack
on Arbab Karam Khan Road in Quetta.

3

1

55

December
16

Yadgar Chowk
/ Peshawar / Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

A child was
killed while 25 mourners, including eight women and three children,
sustained injuries when militants threw a hand grenade at Muharram
mourning procession at Yadgar Chowk in Peshawar.

1

25

56

December
17

Khanpur /
Shikarpur / Sindh

SFs shot
dead a suspected militant who tried to enter the Ashura procession
along with a bag in a village near Khanpur in Shikarpur District
of Sindh. The attacker managed to explode a grenade before he
died, injuring four persons, including a Police official.

1

4

57

December 27

Karachi / Sindh

Five persons, including a minor girl, were killed
and three others were injured in sectarian violence in different
parts of Karachi, the provincial capital of Sindh.

5

3

Total

509

1170

Year 2009

Month

Incidents

Killed

Injured

January

54

53

64

February

7

43

147

March

6

15

4

April

3

27

146

May

3

5

5

June

7

12

5

July

10

13

6

August

4

7

0

September

5

7

11

October

4

5

9

November

2

2

1

December

1

1

0

TOTAL

106

190

398

Year 2008

Month

Incidents

Killed

Injured

January

22

35

54

February

1

1

0

March

5

4

28

April

24

51

122

May

6

9

5

June

13

52

28

July

11

40

39

August

4

36

55

September

3

29

56

October

1

26

60

November

5

19

58

December

2

4

1

TOTAL

97

306

505

Year 2007

Month

Incidents

Killed

Injured

January

3

5

21

February

0

0

0

March

9

8

1

April

72

121

119

May

2

3

1

June

0

0

0

July

0

0

0

August

2

2

0

September

0

0

0

October

0

0

0

November

118

181

314

December

135

121

174

Total

341

441

630

Year 2006

Month

Incidents

Killed

Injured

January

0

0

0

February

5

52

104

March

1

25

0

April

3

59

204

May

0

0

0

June

1

4

0

July

4

3

3

August

0

0

0

September

1

1

0

October

18

31

13

November

4

22

0

December

1

4

25

Total

38

201

349

Year 2005

Month

Incidents

Killed

Injured

January

12

17

38

February

2

3

1

March

7

57

107

April

4

1

9

May

4

38

127

June

0

0

0

July

6

11

15

August

4

4

0

September

8

8

6

October

12

18

51

November

0

0

0

December

3

3

0

Total

62

160

354

Year 2004

Month

Incidents

Killed

Injured

January

0

0

0

February

1

1

4

March

3

49

190

April

0

0

0

May

3

46

234

June

4

6

8

July

0

0

0

August

0

0

0

September

3

7

1

October

4

76

182

November

0

0

0

December

1

2

0

Total

19

187

619

Year 2003

Month

Incidents

Killed

Injured

January

1

2

2

February

5

13

8

March

2

1

2

April

1

1

0

May

3

3

19

June

4

16

8

July

1

52

56

August

1

1

0

September

1

1

0

October

2

10

8

November

0

0

0

December

1

2

0

Total

22

102

103

Year 2002

Month

Incidents

Killed

Injured

January

6

4

7

February

11

22

45

March

17

35

85

April

5

17

37

May

14

32

80

June

4

6

0

July

0

0

0

August

2

1

3

September

2

2

0

October

1

1

0

November

1

1

0

December

0

0

0

Total

63

121

257

Source: Figures are compiled
from news reports and are provisional.

Sectarian Violence in Pakistan

Year

Incidents

Killed

Injured

1989

67

18

102

1990

274

32

328

1991

180

47

263

1992

135

58

261

1993

90

39

247

1994

162

73

326

1995

88

59

189

1996

80

86

168

1997

103

193

219

1998

188

157

231

1999

103

86

189

2000

109

149

NA

2001

154

261

495

2002

63

121

257

2003

22

102

103

2004

19

187

619

Total

1837

1668

3997

Source: Constructed from media reports

* Figures for 2000 pertain to terrorist attacks using explosives
only. Figures for casualties and incidents of other terrorist activity
such as firings, killings of abducted victims, et. al. are not available.